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[Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>]

On Feb 17, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

> From Road's End Farm, "Hardy how far north, do you know?"
>
>
>   Wild truffles grow in my community here in North Central Minnesota  
> but I don't find them until they've matured, having released their  
> spores, too late to eat.  Is there any way to find them without a  
> trained dog or pig?

Wow. Sounds like that's a much hardier strain than the one they were  
selling on the web site.

I wonder if the flavor is the same? -- if so, you might have quite a  
market selling inoculum.



-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale