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[Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>]

I've read some articles that say that raw chestnuts contain tannic acid 
and may be harmful. Other articles say that's nonsense.

I don't taste any tannic acid at all in raw chestnuts.  Wouldn't I 
detect an astringency if there was even a small amount?

I usually remove the outer husk and then soak the nut for half a day. 
Then I can remove the skin around the nut. No bitterness. Sometimes I 
find a nut that doesn't even need soaking because it is still soft. 
Still no bitterness.

Any insights?

Regards,

Jay

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On 8/6/2022 7:25 AM, Henry via nafex wrote:
>   Bob,
>
> Thanks. This confirms they are worth trying in Minnesota!
>
> We will be selling 6 seedlings in a pack, so that should cover the gender 
> issue.
>
> Now the difficult task of estimating how many people will want!
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4
> http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
>
>
>       On Friday, August 5, 2022, 11:16:31 AM CDT, Bors, Bob 
> <bob.bors@usask.ca> wrote:
>   
>   Hi Henry,
>
> The musk strawberry Fragaria moschata is super cold hardy.
> In my grad school days in Ontario, I recall we had a freak early winter 
> rainfall that fell on frozen ground.
> Plants stayed imbedded in ice most of the winter.
> This killed off a huge % strawberries, but not  F. Mochata. It did fine.
>
> Its musky flavor is somewhat like concord grapes.
> Berries can be as big as an inch.
> It has 6 chromosomes while regular strawberries have 8.
> Although an accession or two have complete flowers, mostly they have male and 
> female plants. So that would be problematic to sell both types.
> I'm not sure where to get them commercially.
> I got some from the genebank in Corvallis years ago.  I don't have them 
> anymore.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Bob Bors, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Head of the Fruit Program
> Dept. of Plant Sciences
> 51 Campus Drive
> Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8 Canada
> www.fruit.usask.ca
>
>   
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Henry via nafex
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>   I buy plants for the Friends School Plant Sale in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
>
> Strawberries were very popular last year and sold out quickly, so we want to 
> add some new varieties.
>
> A customer requested the European musk strawberry, but none of us know 
> anything about it.
>
> Specifically, we want to know if it would be a good candidate for 
> mid-continental Zone 4.
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
> http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
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