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[Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>]

I see a number of selected varieties of pawpaw offered.  Anyone have 
experience with which taste best?  Sunflower is supposed to be self-fertile.

Best,

Jay

Jay Cutts
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Lee Reich wrote:
> I've grown American persimmon cultivars here in Zone 5 in the Hudson 
> Valley for about 20 years and almost always harvest nice crops. I 
> recommend Szukis as the best for flavor and hardiness, and just about 
> as good are Mohler, Dooley, and Yates. Meader never tastes that good 
> to me, Pieper never ripened, and Prok just barely ripens but remains 
> somewhat astringent and bland.
>
> Lee Reich, PhD
> http://www.leereich.com/
> http://leereich.com/blog.html.
>
> Books by Lee Reich:
> /A Northeast Gardener's Year/
> /The Pruning Book/
> /Weedless Gardening/
> /Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden/
> /Landscaping with Fruit/
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Melissa Kacalanos wrote:
>
> > I probably just need someone to talk me out of this, but y'all got me 
> > thinking about persimmons again. Is it possible to grow them in zone 
> > 5a, upstate NY? I know the American species is hardy to this zone, 
> > but do the fruit have enough heat and time to mature here? How about 
> > this Rosseyanka hybrid?
> >
> > I saw a kaki tree in Switzerland in December that looked ridiculous, 
> > it had so many gaudy orange fruit on it. It made me think that a 
> > persimmon might be worth planting just as an ornamental.
> >
> > Melissa
> > Enjoying the smell of candying citrus peel on the stove, and looking 
> > out at the snow.
> >
> >
> >
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