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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Mike DID list Sweet Lent in years past.  I remember his writing about it.  
Usually if he has listed a fruit he will still have a source/tree for custom 
production, so ask him.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, book, The Grape Grower, at 
http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner  GWA "Best Talent in Writing"  2003. 
Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short, low 
resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
A video about The Grape Grower : 
http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/





On Nov 3, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Robert Bruns wrote:

To clarify, Edible Landscaping carries Rosseyanka, but not Sweet Lent.  I
think it was Jerry Lehman who initially brought Rosseyanka from the former
Soviet Union.

Fred

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:

> Mike McConkey at Edible Landscaping has it.  I think he was the finder of
> it.
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, book, The Grape Grower, at
> http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner  GWA "Best Talent in Writing"  2003.
> Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short,
> low resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
> A video about The Grape Grower :
> http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Robert Bruns wrote:
> 
> Back maybe 15 or 20 years ago, some vendor (Burpee?) used to sell a
> persimmon called Sweet Lent that was advertised to hang on the tree all
> winter.  I haven't heard of it in a long time.  Maybe someone in NAFEX has
> it??
> 
> Fred
> Central IN, zone 5B
> 
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Group:
>> Which of these American Persimmon cultivars retain their fruit on the
> tree
>> in the fall/winter in zone 6 (or zone 5b):
>> 
>> Dollywood [D-128]
>> Early Golden
>> Geneva Red
>> Mitchelina ['Lena]
>> Morris Burton
>> Szukis
>> Wabash Yates
>> Yates
>> 
>> Of these, I think that only cv. 'Szukis' does (fide. Lee Reich).
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Steve (NJ; Z6b/7a)
>> 
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