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["Lee Sharp" <leesharp@cableone.net>]

To get free pomegranate cutting: 
Search:www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53-06-20-00
Next click on link displayed for: Tree Fruit & Nut Crop etc
Next scroll down and click on Punica/Pomegranates
At bottom of pomegranate listing are instructions for ordering cuttings
Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Storvick" <jstorvick@gmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:10 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Figs and Pomegranates for the Mid-Atlantic - looking 
forinfo


> I'm looking for some region-specific info -
>
> First - pruning figs for commercial production - in temperate climates 
> (ie.
> the mid-Atlantic, northern VA in particular) figs tend to grow as 
> multi-stem
> shrubs rather than single-trunk trees, what would be the best way to prune
> these?
>
> Second - given adequate microclimate and frost protection, what might be 
> the
> best pomegranate cultivars or varieties to grow here?  We're in zone 6/7
> (depending on who's hardiness map you're looking at).  Also looking for
> possible sources of scion wood for research purposes.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jonathan Storvick
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