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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

They definitely do make seeds up here. At least the ones that are here
growing in the wetlands and road edges do. It does seem sporadic, and
some years I can't seem to find any, but last year I found many seed
pods in several patches, with firm, dry viable seeds.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Kieran and/or Donna
<holycow@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Michele,
>      About 13 years ago I got a postcard in the mail that said, "Dear SSE
> member, would you like to buy some Apios?"  It said they were from the LSU
> breeding program, and I got 4 tubers for $20.  I certainly got my money's
> worth.  They have not disappointed us, though at times they have frightened
> us, much like the sunchokes and the bamboo.  I take that back, they are not
> nearly as frightening as the bamboo.
>     I am intrigued that someone said they don't make seeds up north.  That
> implies that Apios is another one of the native food producers that the
> native Americans took north.  Donna
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-matt demmon