If you look at Sunset's maps for the western United States they divvy up regions and fine-tune microclimates such as San Francisco with its bayside foggy conditions from the more inland locales. The rest of the country - central, northern, south, southeast, northeast - are not as finely tuned. Example: it should be noted that the bay side of Long Island has different growing conditions than on the Atlantic shore. Is this better than USDA zone maps? No question. Is it as good as their western zones? Come on people who live outside the original Sunset zones - what's your opinion? Judy in New Jersey where the winds have died down, the sun is shining, and the thermometer has again reduced below the freezing point r