I got some blueray and patriot from nourse farms. I just got them this spring so they're too small to fruit. Iwas very pleased w/ my order. I've heard good things about dan finch's blueberries and am planning on making an order from him this fall. http://www.noursefarms.com/ http://www.danfinch.com/zonehome.htm I also have ordered other plants from burnt ridge nursery and thought they were good quality. They have blueberries too. www.burntridgenursery.com It always helps to check garden watchdog for reviews of the company. http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/

What you are suggesting I have tried on other single stem plants, but was not successful. If it were possible to split the stem, or trunk down through the roots so each half would have some of the crown AND some roots you might do it, but I don't think it is possible with the plants you have. I also do not think any dressing or sealing material would help. Al

Ethan: Can't help you on the possible difference in seed taste. Actually, I have never eaten the seeds. Not sure why I have never tried them.....I guess it is that they are just not appealing to me. And, while I have been told by many, many people in the know that the seeds can be roasted or boiled and then eaten, no one has ever used a hint of superlative when decribing the eating experience. The descritions have all left me with the feeling that you could eat them if you were starving......but not much more than that. I guess I get an "F" in the adventurous eating department. Regarding Cochin.....it has been quite a while since I have had it. I tasted it first at Bill Whitman's back in the mid-90's. I believe he introduced it and was himself or with or through a nephew or someone, trying to plant out a commercial orchard of these to develop a jakfruit business. The reasons they were going with this culitvar were several. First, the fruits were of excellent flavor. Second, the fruits were small.....and therefore easier to pack and ship. These fruits got no larger than a good sized pineapple. Third, the fruits had an excellent seed to fruit ratio. This was enhanced by the fact that the rag, those underdeveloped portions of the interior of the fruit that are ordinarily too tough to really enjoy, in the Cochin were edible and really also quite good. I kind of lost track of the whole operation but I believe the business failed in its start up becuase for the all the great things about the fruit that existed, the trees were of extremely poor vigor. I had tried to plant out several of these and have friends that tried as well. I do not know of one that is doing well. Mine all died slow deaths. I do know of one that a friend has that was supposedly a grafted Cochin. Actually, he has two jakfruit trees in his yard. Both were obtained from Hopkins Nursery many moons ago. They both grow quite well. The grafted Cochin has never fruited. That is with about 15 years of being planted out. The tree has much better vigor than other Cochins I have seen. Obviously, I do question whether it is actually a grafted Cochin. The seedling Cochin has fruited quite heavily. The fruit is of really excellent flavor. Unfortunately, the flesh is so soft and mushy that it gags you to eat it. At least it does me. My Trinidadian neighbors will only eat this jakfruit. They absolutely love it. So....go figure. Anyway, I had the Cochin the last time in the late 90's at the Just Jakfruit Festival at Fairchild. It lived up to all the previous memories. Harry

Marion's one of the best slicers I've found, actually, although it's a very different taste from more renown slicers. I'm thinking. Hmm. Pink Berkeley Tie Dye can do well, given enough nutrition. Thessaloniki's decent. It's hard to tell for a lot of later tomatoes, since Idaho doesn't have a super long season; so, I mostly evaluate earlier varieties for heat-tolerance for fruit set. Sometimes the later ones will set early (like this year), but on those years there tend to be more cool days in the late spring to make it more difficult to discern which ones can set without them.