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Are you in 6a or 6b? 6b is
down to -5 and there are some possible varieties that might work. 6a at down to
-10 is a little chancey but worth a try. Since pomegranates bear fruit on new
wood you do not have to worry about buds being killed. If you have a winter snow
cover then there is also a variety that might work (under the snow cover).
But to state again 6b is a good possibility with
the new (in the US) Russian/Central Asian varieties. The varieties that I
would recommend are "Kazake" or "Salavatski". "Agat" if under snow cover (a
low growing, good fruiting
pomegranate). If want to try one let me know and I
will try to see that you get one to try, but pomegranates like a lot of fruit
trees do not reach their best cold hardiness until about the third year and
would need to be somewhat protected the first two years.
Richard Ashton
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