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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

I have one maypop here in zone 5a, and I'm sure there are no others in the 
neighborhood. It set lets of fruit, and some of them even had time to ripen. 
They were delicious.

Melissa
Ithaca, NY

--- On Sun, 3/27/11, Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 11:24 AM
> Since you say "The plant", I assume
> you only had one? Maypop is self-incompatible, and you would
> need a second different maypop for cross-pollination. Even
> with two plants and fruit set, the fruit would likely never
> ripen in a zone 4 growing season. 
> 
> Hal 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>
> 
> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> 
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:02:51 AM 
> Subject: [NAFEX] Pollination problem 
> 
> I would love to try growing pawpaws here since the USDA has
> declared my 
> area to now be in zone 4. I am hesitant because I've had
> problems with 
> pollination with other fruits I've tried. I'll pick Maypop
> as an example. 
> The plant grew well and bloomed profusely but the local
> bees failed to 
> recognize the flowers as flowers, giving it no pollination.
> 
> 
> Jim Fruth 
> Brambleberry Fruit Farm 
> 4002 Davis Street 
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 
> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell) 
>