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

Congratulation on Canada's gold medal in Oympic ice dancing. 
Wonderful performance.

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From: farnorthgrapes@gmail.com
To: hblack1925@fastmail.fm, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps availability
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:37:43 -0700

>The fruit I've tasted from the haskap selections from the U of S are
>pretty
>nice not unlike blueberries. They do well in our climate. They have
>some
>excellent potential as a fruit in our climate. Borealis and Tundra do
>well
>here. Both maxine Thomspson and Bob Bors have done some excellent
>work with
>this fruit crop.
>
>Cheers
>
>Kim Maser
>Zone3a-b
>Edmonton AB region
>
>On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Hector Black
><hblack1925@fastmail.fm>wrote:
>
>>  I've tried growing some Russian selections here in zone 6, middle
>tn.
>> They bloom very early and although flowers were resistant to light
>frost, we
>> got very little fruit.  We tasted larger quantities in Russia near
>St.
>> Petersburg in jam etc.  Very tasty, but not unlike blueberry which
>seems a
>> lot easier to grow and more productive in our climate.  Hector
>black
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>> *To:* North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:51 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps availability
>>
>> I've tasted some selections at Dr. Maxine Thompson's place that are
>low
>> acid and taste good fresh. Dr. Bors is working with her, using her
>material
>> in his program, so he probably has similar material in progress.
>For now,
>> the best use is in processing. You can't imagine how good a warm
>Haskap pie
>> is.
>> -Lon Rombough
>> Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, *The Grape Grower, *at
>> http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association
>"Best
>> Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
>> *Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a
>short,
>> low resolution clip here:
>*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
>> A video about The Grape Grower :
>> http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Lee Reich wrote:
>>
>> Has anybody grown and tasted these fruits. Years ago I grew some
>edible
>> honeysuckles and the fruits were few and bad tasting.
>>
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