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

And if you want to read an interesting book about pomegranates and the 
source of many of those at the Davis,Ca Germplasm Repository, read, " 
Pomegranate Roads", by Dr. Gregory Levin. Arrangements are being made to 
have Dr. Gregory at the Festival of Fruit, CRFG program, the weekend of 
November 4th and 5th in Phoenix, Arizona
Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Smith" <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 100, Issue 3: Hardy Pomegranates


> Steve, I have not gotten fruits yet myself but I have heard good reports 
> on taste on all of them.  The seeds of pomegranates vary from almost 
> nonexistent to hard; the standard Wonderful variety is in the middle 
> somewhere.  I believe all of the hardy ones except Papershell are 
> hard-seeded so that is probably their main downside.
>
> 4x4 is a pretty small area.  I would eyeball their yield as about half 
> what an apple tree of the same size would be.
>
> A true 6B winter is below 0F.  Significant dieback will occur at those 
> temps.  Kazake seems to be one level more hardy than all the other ones, 
> both Ashton states this and it correlates with reports I have heard.  I 
> would get a Kazake if you may be experiencing sub-zero temps.  If it does 
> die back if it was well enough established it will grow back from the 
> roots.  I covered my poms for their first two years to give them a chance 
> to get well-established.
>
> If you want to grow pomegranates, it is well worth the $7 for the 
> electronic version of Ashton's book --  
> http://www.3mpub.com/ashton/title1.html
>
> I'm not sure I will get enough fruits from my trees to make it worthwhile 
> in that sense, but I have planted them in a prominent spot in my yard and 
> I expect they will be quite the curiosity for passers-by.
>
> Scott
>
> On May 4, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Steven Covacci wrote:
>
> > Scott,
> > Do you think that those three cultivars, well-known for their hardiness, 
> > produce good fruit?  How much do you think a 4' x 4' shrub-trained 
> > specimen would yield?  Would they survive a true USDA 6b winter?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve; NJ 6b/7a
> >
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