[NAFEX] Autumn Olive

John S swim_at_svc at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 22 00:30:24 EDT 2007


That's good information to have.  I've tried Ruby a couple of times, but it grows a year or two for me then dies.  It starts to leaf out in the spring, then we get a cold spell and it quits.
   
  On the other hand, I'm growing Garnet (from OGW) which appears to be much more sturdy under the same conditions.  Garnet fruit size is similar to the wild growing in the area and taste is not that much better.  Only a few berries for the past few years from it.  I'm waiting for a good year from it to really judge.

Bob Hartley <bob at sprucemt.com> wrote:
  
I have three Autumn Olive cultivars that produce berries much larger 
than the wild bushes that grow around here. Brilliant Rose and 
Sparkling Blush came from Hidden Springs and Ruby from One Green World. 
Yields vary from year to year and from bush to bush. This year I picked 
about 4 pounds each from Sparkling Blush and Ruby. In each case without 
moving my feet from one spot. Left the remaining 80% or so for the 
birds. Brilliant Rose bore somewhat less this year.

A couple of years ago, I sent the following report to the list

*********************************************************************
I have three named cultivars of autumn olive, obtained from several 
nurseries. All bore heavily this year. At two dates I averaged the 
weight of 300 berries from each with the following results:

9/19/05 10/3/05

Ruby 0.28 g 0.34 g (per berry)

Brilliant Rose 0.47 g 0.47 g

Sparkling Blush 0.40 g 0.58 g

*********************************************************************

I cook the berries & coarse filter the juice. To some I add 3 cups 
sugar to 4 cups of juice and cook it down for a pretty good jelly. For 
the rest I add 1/4 cup of Aronia berries and a cup of sugar for each cup 
of juice before cooking down. The Aronia flavor predominates and is 
very good with no bitter aftertaste.

Bob Hartley

Adams County, PA z6
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