Re: Looking for Acacia smallii source in the Bay Area...

At 12:58 PM 3/12/99 -0800, Shirley Kinoshita wrote:

Loquats will grow and survive quite cool temperatures here. There is a well
known specimen in Ness Gardens. Alas it does not fruit! But some years ago
an international canning company with HQ in Liverpool used a photograph of
this tree together with imported fruits on the labels of its tinned loquats.
>Gary,
>I planted a loquat sapling in my backyard about 10 years ago. Was sold to
>me by an elderly Sicilian gentleman for $1 at local flea market. It 
>only started flowering and fruiting this year. Has been hardy enough to
>withstand cooler California temperatures, although I remember picking
>fruit from my father's backyard in Hawaii where the temperatures are
>warmer.
>
>Thanks for mentioning this tree which I've seem in vacant lots around
>here. Some are called bronze loquat and seems to be drought resistant.
>
>Shirley Lin Kinoshita
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Colette Dunkley Upton Wirral Merseyside England L49 4PD   (Approximates
USDA Zone 8 /9)
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