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  • From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Yellowhorn
  • Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 09:05:21 -0400

How true about locating it carefully. My tree -- which also has survived
below minus 20 degrees -- is located near where I turn around in my driveway.
There are always some broken branches where my truck has brushed against the
tree.

The tree is beautiful in flower, which it's doing right now here in New
York's Hudson Valley, Zone 4-5. The nuts look like macadamias and are edible
but not very good-tasting.

Lee Reich, PhD
http://www.leereich.com/
http://leereich.com/blog.html.

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On May 21, 2011, at 8:53 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> Steve
>
> This is great news, cuz I'll never get as cold as you. What do you mean by
> locate carefully? & how big is your tree after 10 years? Supposedly the get
> 20 feet high.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:50 AM, loneroc <loneroc@countryspeed.com> wrote:
>
>> I have had a Yellowhorn (Xanthocerus sorbifolius) here in the ground for
>> ten
>> years. It's been a pretty slow grower but it has experienced temps
>> below -40 C/F with no damage at all. Locate them carefully. The wood is
>> extremely brittle.
>>
>> loneroc, SW WI USDA zone 3/4
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "mIEKAL aND" <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
>> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 9:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Spring Report on Pushing Zone Boundaries
>>
>>
>>> Curious if anyone is growing Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) in Zone
>>> 4?
>>> I have a bunch of them in pots that I can never decide whether I should
>>> put
>>> them in the ground or not. Some websites list as Zone 4 but I'lve also
>>> seen
>>> listed at Zone 6.
>>>
>>> ~mIEKAL
>>> *
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