Re: Re Nuptial Trees

Dear Tim and Cali,

Just to muddy the waters further, around these parts (Tucson, Arizona) the
common name for Eriobotrya japonica *is* loquat! There used to be a nice
tree on the campus of the University of Arizona where I work; I'd pick
fruit from it sometimes. It tended to get rather stressed and
unhappy-looking in the heat of our desert summers... 

There's a nice page about this tree from the Purdue University New Crops
(that is, new to the U.S., of course) web site:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Eriobotrya_japonica_nex.html

This site llists the common names as being Loquat, Japanese Medlar,
Japanese Plum, and Nispero (in that order) so perhaps this implies the tree
is most commonly known as loquat throughout the U.S.? I certainly can't
vouch for that, however, having lived only in the West and Southwest
regions of the country.

The page at
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/loquat.html
on the same web site has a nice picture of the glossy green leaves and
small yellow fruits of this tree.

All the best from Tucson, where the beautiful spring wildflower display is
finally subsiding and the cactuses (okay, cacti) are beginning to burst
into bloom of their own,

Katherine
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