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Re: Zones (lengthy)

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>> Olin, a question about this. If the USDA zones are about winter lows,
>and
>> the AHS zones are about summer highs, wouldn't the Sunset zones be the
>most
>> useful, even for eastern states, since it appears to consider both at
>once?
>
>I would think so too.  But from the the dialog on this topic on the
>rec.garden newsgroup, most Midwestern and Eastern gardeners do not seem
>to find Sunset useful.  Could be that ocean currents and mountain ranges
>have less effect than in the West.  Or maybe they just don't want to buy
>Sunset's books.  -Olin

Or maybe they think the bias is "Western," even though they have a national
edition that doesn't say "western" anywhere on it.

Today in the bookstore I noticed that Southern Living has a book that is
identical to the Sunset books, same photos, same verbiage, same font, but
limited to the plants in the southern states. What I found odd is that
their zones (upper south, lower south) etc. were a little different than
those in the Sunset National book for my town. I mean the actual borders
were different, not just the number/name scheme.

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