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Re: Pinkster
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Tue, 7 May 2002 16:47:21 EDT
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The pinkster flower is the pinkster azalea, a native azalea that blooms in
late May throughout the Hudson Valley, but a bit earlier here in Brooklyn
(especially this year).  I am fairly certain, though, that the plant is named
after the holiday and not vice versa.

Jane Holzka
Brooklyn, NY

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