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  • From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fw: Fairfax strawberry
  • Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:06:24 -0600

 
----- Original Message -----
From: loneroc
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fairfax strawberry

Yeah, I thought the timing was odd, too.  The original e-request info said that they (Corvallis, evidently, not Cornwallis as I'd written) shipped late summer.  It was 20F the day they arrived--I got an e-mail the day before telling me they were coming.  I suppose if I'd been out of town i woouldn't be so pleased with the 'customer service'. There were two six foot runners, each with four plantlets. Ya only get two runners per request.  I suspect that the total #  of plantlets depends on how many requests there are for a particular variety.  The plants came with a printout of the list of viruses it'd been tested for--all the tests were negative.  Apparently most of the clones have been heat treated to remove viruses. I imagine that strawberries would be among the easier plants to de-virus---fast growing and small.  The plants are kept in screen houses to exclude insect vectors.
 
To Ginda and Rivka--I'm not a plant-seller-guy so they won't be on the market through my efforts.  As always, I am happy to pass anything I have along to other NAFEXers.  I'm sure I'll have extra 'Fairfax' material next summer.  Contact me off list if you want a plant or two.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
To: loneroc
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] mara de bois strawberry plant source

Steve,
Good story, though it seems like an odd time to be shipping strawberry plants to Lone Rock, WI. How many could you request, and how many did they send you?
Thanks,
Richard
Gouldsboro, ME Zone 5

P.S. I think it was Kevin Mathews (aka The Fluffy Bunny) who waxed nostalgic regarding Fairfax. Good luck with them.
On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:17 AM, loneroc wrote:

Check with the germplasm repository at Cornwallis.  Yesterday I received runners of the 'Fairfax' strawberry that I requested from them via e-mail last spring.  No cost whatsoever and they were Fed-Exed overnight to my door.  Good work USDA!! (I don't have cause to praise them too often.)  I stuck 'em in pots--should be no trouble--roots were already forming.
 
Steve Herje
Lone Rock, WI USDA Zone 3-4
 
PS:  Thanks to whoever suggested Fairfax.  It's is one of the parents of Sparkle--my favorite commonly available berry and it's supposed to be even better.  It's supposed to grow well in (part?) shade--which is something I can always use.
----- Original Message -----
From: Louis Peter
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] mara de bois strawberry plant source

Does anyone know of a source  for plants of Mara des Bois or any of the premium strawberries? 
I grow a lot of low chill fruits and have grown strawberries for years-I read about these in CRFG and wanted to try them.
 
thanks,
Louis
 

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