To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Fruit trees for timber
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:04:41 -0600
Oh oh--another species to think about planting. Anyone aware of problems
with trying persimmon in Western Wisconsin?
Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI
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From: loneroc [mailto:loneroc@mwt.net]
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit trees for timber
Jim,
Persimmon survives and fruits in an area west of Madison, WI that's
seen -40F. I saw trees that were 25ft tall with an 8 inch bole there.
While I can't imagine that you could compete with southern trees in a
commecial market, if you are a hobbyist tree farmer/woodcarver it
certainly
would be fun to try seedling persimmons. Ken Asmus at Oikos sells
seedlings
from early fruiting/northern origin trees. I'm sure that others do,
too.