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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I saw Santa Rosa plums in International Falls, Mn for sell last week.
Seller assured me that these zone 5 plums will live here in zone 3.  A

---- Original Message ----
From: jfruth@tds.net
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Nursery plant hardiness
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:06:26 -0500

>Ernest Plutko said, "I don't know what to believe of hardiness zones
>listed 
>for plants by sellers?  They seem
>to push plant hardiness as more hardy than they really are."
>
>
>Ernest,
>    I have found the opposite to be true and that makes alot of
>sense.  If a 
>nursery claims a plant to be less hardy than it really is, they are
>less 
>likely to have to replace plants that don't survive.
>
>Jim Fruth
>Brambleberry Farm
>Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
>For jams, jellies & syrups:
>www.bberryfarm.com
>(877)265-6856 [Store]
>(218)831-7018 [My Cell] 
>
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