Are feijoas really growing in zone 6? I too happily remember them in New
Zealand, and would love to grow them and eat them in my zone 7. But I
haven't tried, as I recall that they will be killed below 15 or 16 degrees
Farenheit.
David Consolvo
Hungrytown, Virginia
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>From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Small fruit options, Sea Buckthorn vigor
>Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2003, 12:20 PM
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>>From: "Moyer, Richard" <ramoyer@king.edu>
>>We've enjoyed the following small fruiting bushes in Zone 6 Tenn:
>>Aronia melanocarpa, Elaeagnus multiflora (goumi), 'Regent' Juneberry,
>>Chaenomeles quince, Feijoa.
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>My single most memorable fruit eating experience was finding a bush of ripe
>feijoas in New Zealand - and eating till I could no more - like an exquisite
>perfume. Glad to hear they can grow in zone 6!
>Del Stubbs ag zone2/3
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