Re: OT-Sunset Zone

Thanks for the info. Sally

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> From: Michael Cook <macook@iglou.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: OT-Sunset Zone
> Date: Sunday, June 01, 1997 12:02 PM
> 
> Sally,
>      Sunset Books Incorporated has published a National Garden Book in
> which they have divided the 48 Contiguous states and adjacent parts of
> Canada into 45 Climate Zones.  Unlike the USDA Zone which rely only on
> minimum winter temperatures, the Sunset Zones are based on other factors
> that include the winter temperatures, but also include Summer Highs,
> Humidity, Rainfall Patterns, Elevation, Land Formations, Length of
Growing
> Season, Reliability of Snow Cover in Winter, and Proximity to Bodies of
> Water that are large enough to influence climate.  This is from the same
> company that publishes Sunset Magazine.  
>      Although this is a California Based Company, they have done an
> excellent job in carrying their work to apply it to eastern growing
> conditions. 
> 
> Mark A. Cook
> macook@iglou.com
> Lexington, KY    USDA Zone 5/6            Sunset Zone 35
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