To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] something gained something ....
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:29:43 -0500
2 things to report from WI & this utterly cold spring. My 3 year old
dwarf almonds have fuzzy fruit on them which I imagine/hope will
produce small almonds. Ive read that these are pretty bitter for
almonds but Im thinking I could make almond extract from them.
& after 5 years of waiting for my a. kolomikta males to stop dying &
finally produce some flowers, my one male vine is in full flower but
sadly the females look like they have at least a week if not more to go
before the bloom. Ive got maybe 20 females planted in various
plantings & I need to find a male which blooms later or figure out a
way to delay the blooming on the exisiting males that I have.
Discouraging to say the least.