<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Folks: </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">I must have checked out when this discussion
started. I was so focused on the fact that it's hard to get trade
information, that the following completely slipped by me: Hazelnuts
are derived from <i>Corylus </i>species; witchhazel is from <i>Hamamelis</i>.
<i>Corylus </i> is all over Europe. </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif"><i>Corylus </i>bears nuts, while <i>Hamamelis
</i>bears capsules that eject seeds. It's the old "common name"
trap! </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">That said, there are opportunities for
NTFP development for both species. We do have a U.S.-native <i>Corylus</i>
species. Witchhazel seeds, would be about the size of sunflower seeds -
that apparently (haven't eaten them myself) taste like pistachios.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Hope that helps clear things up a little.</font>
<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">-Patricia</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Robin<br>
My best guess is that the demand far exceeds U.S. production. It is often
cited as the most used botanical in the world. There are several news article
citing American Distillers yearly tonnage. http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=5130
http://www.*yankee*magazine.com/issues/2008-11/.../*witch*-*hazel*/all
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But, they only harvest in the winter and then chip whole trees. I find
the winter harvesting to be very odd, as there are so few phytos when a
plant is dormant and the lumber, for lack of a better term, would have
very little in term of active ingredients. <br>
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I say this because we are getting calls on a regular basis for HUGE quantities
of distillate. About a week ago, a chemical company sent an email for 125,000
gallons and we use 8 lbs of fresh material per gallon (leaves and small
twigs -no tree trunks).<br>
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Other species, like Hamamelis mollis in China might be replacing
it. I would love to see AHPA tracking Hamamelis virginiana tonnage.
I am certain there better informed people on the list than myself, who
might shed some light on this.<br>
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Thank you for commenting,<br>
Penny Frazier<br>
A Wild Crops Farm<br>
www.wildcrops.com <br>
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> As a producer of raw botanicals I do find that interesting, and a
bit disturbing.<br>
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> In your opinion do you believe this speaks to a "miss-identification
of species" issue or to bogus USDA NOP certification issues?<br>
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> Thanks for the research and please keep me posted if you learn more
as I believe this is probably not an isolated occurrence in the industry,
probably not by a long-shot.<br>
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> All the best, <br>
> Robin<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
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>> From: Goods From The Woods <penny@pinenut.com><br>
>> Sent: Jul 29, 2009 4:49 PM<br>
>> To: mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
>> Subject: [MPWG] Findings: Polish Production of Hamamelis virginiana<br>
>><br>
>> I thought the results of my research on certified organic witch
hazel <br>
>> production of interest.<br>
>><br>
>> Poland has no Hamamelis virginiana production. Poland does
have 1700 <br>
>> hectares of hazel nut production.<br>
>><br>
>> Draw your own conclusion about "certified organic witch hazel"
from Poland.<br>
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