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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Thanks Lucky!

I may give C. mas a try.

I just transplanted the pawpaw suckers that I had root-trimmed last 
summer. I was expecting a few days of rain, but the majority of the 
moisture went to our east and south (poor Pensacola!). I will water them 
and hope for the best.

Betsy



On 4/30/2014 10:32 PM, Louis Pittman wrote:
> Betsy,
> C.mas does well here in southern west-central KY - about 70 mi NW of
> Nashville TN.  To a boy from UCLA(upper corner of lower Alabama), it seems
> like the frigid northland, but I guess some folks consider KY to be in the
> Southeast.
>
> I don't have any growing, but there are three large C.mas trees(I presume
> they were unselected seedlings) planted in a public park here - have
> probably been in place at least since the 1980s.  No evidence of
> anthracnose, or powdery mildew for that matter, and they fruit heavily
> every year, despite blooming VERY early in the season.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> Hopkinsville, KY