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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

It took me 8 years to get fruit.  I didn't realize that the new growth in 
spring is as tender as tomato.  It contains the flower buds.  If you cover 
them  if they sprout before a last frost, they could make it though..  Well 
worth the trouble.  We pick them hard and let them ripen at room temp. or 
keep them for a week or two in the frig. to slow ripening, bring out when 
you want them to ripen.  They're getting quite popular at the local farmer's 
market.    Hector black, zone 6 middle TN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Armstrong" <rancher@carolina.rr.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] tastes like pineapple


> I hope I don't have to wait that long.....I planted my male and female this 
> past fall.
>
> P
> Z-7b US
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mIEKAL aND" <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:46 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] tastes like pineapple
>
>
> > Am now getting the first batch of hardy kiwis from some a. arguta  vines 
> > I planted almost 20 years ago & finally found a male (Meader) to 
> > pollinate it.  They are twice the size of the a. kolomikta fruits &  have 
> > very strong hints of pineapple.  Skins are tougher & more present  than 
> > the kolomikta as well.  Virtually impossible to tell if they are  ripe by 
> > sight, have to squeeze each one.  These unpruned fines are  grown up a 
> > few ash trees & I see some fruit up to 30 - 40 feet up.
> >
> > ~mIEKAL
> >
> >
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