Chance1945

When I told you that there was a member in Pensacola, Darkman was who I had in mind. Glad to see that you'll connected. That 30-06 got a chuckle out of me.

You mentioned that you were 20 or so miles south of the Alabama line. Well, I'm in Alabama, but to your west. I'm at the very bottom of Alabama sw of Mobile, between Grand Bay and Dauphin Island. Any chance of getting some of your persimmon trees? I didn't realize that they grew here.

When I was a kid we always played a joke on our cousins from the city when they came to visit. We'd tell them how good green persimmons were and then offer them a handful to taste. You ever tasted a green one? They make your mouth pucker and draw up so much you can hardly talk. We thought that was so funny!

Now should be a good time to dig and ship them bare root. If you'll ship me some I'll trade you something. I've got bananas, one very small, real small now, blackberry. Maybe a division of kiwi. I've got passion vine - maypops and I'll have to look around to see what else I'v got that you might want to trade for. Or, I'll outright buy the persimmons from you. Oh, if you think you would ever use it, I've got eatable gingers and later on I'll have some gourds.

The passion vine is a food source, maybe the sole food source, of the Gulf Friterilly butterfly.

Terry