To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] dwarf almonds
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:35:48 -0500
Lon you're better than google. That sounds right. Hard to picture 300 nuts on these bushes, they're tiny.
~mIEKAL
On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:10 PM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
Sounds like Prunus tenella.Tom Plocher in Hugo, MN said he had some bushes of that species that produced 300 nuts per bush after -40 F.The species is sold as an ornamental by several nurseries.They are bitter, so the nuts have to be cooked to be safely edible.
-Lon Rombough
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