Who knew? Kiwifruit can grow in frigid Minnesota

It turns out that kiwifruit can grow even in frigid Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and University of Minnesota are sponsoring a field day tour Saturday that will feature two new orchards of cold hardy kiwifruit.

[bah humbug]

Wow, too bad I have other plans for tomorrow. I'd like to see that. Thanks, PP, for reporting this very interesting story.

[I God]

bah humbug wrote:

Wow, too bad I have other plans for tomorrow. I'd like to see that. Thanks, PP, for reporting this very interesting story.

Like, hiding in your bunker again! ;(

[dude from Anoka]

Holy Kiwimoly, Batman! Where can I get some seedlings?

[TiVo Girl]

Cool! Hope they plan to make them a regular crop around here so we can buy them in the stores at some point. Good fresh fruit is so hard to come by here, particularly in the winter months (which seems to be 9 out of 12 months of the year, agriculturally speaking): apples, oranges and bananas are all we get. Yawn. Anything else is cost-prohibitive "out of season", and bananas are becoming that way year-round.

[IrishMN]

If not for Mr. Obama's vision and wisdom, and the support of the Democrat House and Senate, we could soon be seeing not only kiwi, but also coconuts, bananas, pineapples, coffee beans, and many other tropical fruits growing in Minnesota.

Oh, yeah...but only if we survive the devastation that Global Climate Change will bring to us.

Thank you Mr. President for helping us to survive.

[Jackpinesavaged]

Great, another invasive species! Now we can hire a bunch of new DNR employees to control the spread of this.