From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...thimbleberries...   
   > You would need jewels glasses to see them!   
   > I think I will break down and spend the   
   > $30 and buy a plant.   
      
     your conditions are likely completely   
   inhospitable for them - i'd not waste the $.   
      
     i used to live in the Upper Peninsula of   
   Michigan where they grew in the wild.  they   
   did not grow in an arid hot climate - i would   
   find them growing in the woods and along the   
   edges where it was usually partly shaded and   
   cool and moist almost constantly.   
      
     where you are at i think they'd fry.   
      
     on top of that they have a very unusual   
   flavor - i found it rather cloyingly sweet and   
   just barely edible but i'd rather grow   
   raspberries if given the choice (and i liked   
   the golden raspberry variety the best - but   
   that is my own personal preference :).   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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