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Old 03-16-2008, 01:26 AM   #16 (permalink)
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We had a White Christmas last year, and coming back from a family gathering on Christmas Day, I noticed a red thing under the snow over my Feijoa. I wanted to find out about it then, but I was distracted by the unloading of foodstuff from the Jeep. The next morning, most of the snow was gone and I remembered about the red thing and saw this:
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When I discovered that it was a little unfocused that evening, I went back and took this one:


Those petals are very tasty. Great with salads. The tree is probably 15 years old and around 7-ft tall. The problem was that, until two years ago, it was in a 5 gallon pot. It was only four feet tall and spindly then.
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