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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Today an e-mail arrived from the folks at Raintree: they have no 
substantiation of White Pine rust resistance in Hill's Kiev so far. They hope 
to hear from their customers on this, because less money is available for 
such research.
Which raises a point: when it became clear one of the apple trees I had 
ordered couldn't bear well in my rather severe climate, I wrote Raintree to 
inform them for the benefit of their customers. Letting our sources know of 
difficulties we encounter that reflect conditions (length and severity of 
winter, summer heat, particular disease or insect pressure) can be helpful to 
others, novices and otherwise.

Dave Liezen, E. WA, zone5/6