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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Aronia field days in Madison
  • Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:47:52 -0700

Limited genetic variability is always a risk if some new pest arises that the old strains can't tolerate. Beyond that, more variability might bring out new useful traits. Possibles might include: white fruit for uncolored juice, different growth habits to reduce pruning and training, different bloom color (aronia is planted as an ornamental, too), etc.
-Lon Rombough
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On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:28 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

Most of the growers were recommending picking at 18 brix because they
are concerned about the berries going into a brown state where it
loses some of the anthocyanins.

I'm curious if you think long term planting of a limited genetic
variability would be an issue with aronia?



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