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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Yellowhorn did not do well in our humid climate.  It was beautiful in bloom 
but as Lee says, not very tasty, and for us they were rarely produced.  I've 
heard them called "famine food"          Hector Black zone 6 middle tn.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Reich" <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Yellowhorn


> 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.
>
> Books by Lee Reich:
> A Northeast Gardener's Year
> The Pruning Book
> Weedless Gardening
> Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
> Landscaping with Fruit
>
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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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