To: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>, nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [nafex] behmi
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:17:32 +0530
Behmi grows in an area that is difficult and far from where I live.
Moreover, it is not a commercial fruit at all. But still I can try to help
in getting few seeds or budsticks if anyone is interested in taking up
breeding project on this fruit. Some botanists have assigned behmi a
botanical name Pruus mira.
Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
www.fruitipedia.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Kacalanos
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:07 AM
To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio
Subject: [nafex] behmi
Dr. Parmar, thank you very much for your information. From your description
of behmi as a peach-like fruit with an edible, almond-like kernel, I think
many American gardeners would be interested in growing it as a novelty at
least. I wonder if any nurseries might be willing to import it. It also
seems that there would be great potential to cross it with better-tasting
peaches to get an even better dual-purpose crop.