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["R. Kelly Coffey" <kelly@theravenrocks.com>]

I would be interested in this as well.   Kelly Coffey western N Carolina Zone 5 (more or less)

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From: Jay Cutts [mailto:orders@cuttsreviews.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 03:17 PM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: [NAFEX] Any opinions on best pawpaw varieties?

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 Cutts Graduate Reviews 800-353-4898 day or eve, 7 days (In NM, 505-281-0684) 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nafex mailing list >> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org >> >> Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. >> This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on >> web sites. >> Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have >> permission! >> >> **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** >> Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. >> No exceptions. >> ---- >> To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can >> be used to change other email options): >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex >> >> File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. >> TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! >> Please do not send binary files. >> Use plain text ONLY in emails! >> >> NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > nafex mailing list > nafex@lists.ibiblio.org > > Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. > This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. > Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! > > **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** > Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. > No exceptions. > ---- > To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex > > File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. > TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! > Please do not send binary files. > Use plain text ONLY in emails! > > NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.134/2614 - Release Date: 01/11/10 13:29:00 > > _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/