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Old 21-02-2003, 11:15 AM
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default American frost zones


In article ,
"Anne Middleton/Harold Walker" writes:
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| | And the USDA zones are a damn-fool idea |
| | Now, now, Nick, temper, temper. The USDA zones were devised with
| | a specific purpose in mind, hardiness of *woody*
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| That is true, and I wish people would stop doing it./////////////
| Nick, is that an all inclusive statement.....meaning that we in the USA
| should stop using this valuable tool?????????

I should appreciate not being misquoted. Please do not repeat it.
To remind you, here is the context that you removed:

| That the system has been widely misapplied to other types of
| plant material and in other places is not an inherent fault.

That is true, and I wish people would stop doing it.


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