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  • From: Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Elderberry Workshop & new products & Varieties
  • Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:10:38 -0500

mIEKAL,

How did these elderberries ("Bob Gordon"& "Wyldewood") work for you this
year?
I got a few cups from my one Johns and Wild Elderberry which are two years old
but not planted in a particularly great location.

Are these varieties available to buy (mail-order)? If so, where?

Dan



On 5/1/2011 7:02 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
I saw this guy speak a couple months ago& his presentation& what he
is attempting is pretty impressive. The two new varieties that they
are distributing 'Bob Gordon'& "Wyldewood" look to be good additions
to the elderberry options. He showed photos of the fruit production
on these new varieties& the sprays of flowers/fruit were 2-3 times
larger than what I'm used to with Adams/Nova/John. I was impressed
enough that I bought a couple bundles of cuttings of each& have them
potted up in the greenhouse.

I was also delighted that he emphasized that these new varieties are
open-source& there would be no attempt to restrict their use. I
don't know of any patented elderberry varieties so maybe this is not
an issue.

The biggest takeaway from the presentation was that he cuts back all
his elderberries every winter& has greatly increased production.
Gets rid of old unproductive wood& it rejuvenates the crowns. He
showed some numbers& the results noticeably higher. I hadn't
realized how easy they propagate from cuttings, I cut back a couple
bushes as an experiment& I quickly generated a couple hundred
cuttings..

One last point from the presentation that caught my attention is that
he said 90% of all elderberry project was imported from Europe& was a
big impetus from his formation of the elderberry co-op in Missouri.

~mIEKAL

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Lon J. Rombough<lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
http://elderberrylife.com/index.html




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