At 01:21 PM 4/10/98 -0700, you wrote: >On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Margaret Lauterbach wrote: > >> At 08:36 PM 4/9/98 +0000, you wrote: >> Zone 7a!!! Does anyone know where there's a good USDA zone map? Sunset >> says Lewiston and Boise are both zone 3. Our USDA zone is zone 6 in the >> riverbottom, 5 on the benches and on average of every ten years we all drop >> to zone 4. No sevens here. Margaret > >Six, according to my big USDA wall map. What's the average minimum >winter temp? That gives you the zone. > >Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com > I know, Kay, but look how many degrees north Lewiston is from Boise, and no maritime influence. Must be warm currents coming up the Columbia/Snake that moderate the temp. Margaret