> Todays offer:
> Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis several packs of 100+ or - seeds in each
>
> Size:
> Up to 80 feet as a mature landscape tree.
>
> Uses:
> Fair to good mast tree in fruit orchards, lumber applications, very
> suitable for bonsai training.
>
> Wants:
> Osage orange (maclura pomifera), sakalin spruce (picea glehnnii), bear
> oak (quercus ilicifolia), northern pecan (carya illinoensis), TX ebony
> (pithecelobium flexicaule), any open pollinated tomato or sweet corn I
> don't have.
>
> Offer closes:
> When I run out of seed, or April 1st (whichever come first).
>
> Addendum:
> Many 'woody' seeds have narrow windows of viability. This un aint no
> different. In nature birds would drop this seed directly to soil where
> it would in effect cold stratify on its own. It will tolerate freezing
> and a short (30 day) cold treatment; up to spring time in New England.
> By July or so even frozen seed has a very low germination rate.
>
> 'Mast' in this tree means it makes a diverting fruit for birds in
> blueberry and or cherry orchards. It is also a suitable sacrifice-tree
> where moose and deer graze.
>
> Bonsai hobbyists like its willingess to reduce leaf size, small fruit
> size, and ability to back bud.
>
> Worth trial in zones 3-8
>
> I subcontract out all SASE requests.
>
> Please contact me off list
> Tom Cagle
> nhadapt at conknet.com
>
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