[NAFEX] Growing Amelanchier
Jay Cutts
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Fri Nov 6 14:47:41 EST 2009
You all have convinced me I should try some of these Timm x Success.
Any idea where I can get one??
Best,
Jay
Jay Cutts
Cutts Graduate Reviews
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(In NM, 505-281-0684)
Kieran &/or Donna wrote:
> >A. Canadensis might be a possible rootstock for other Amelanchier
> varieties .... "IF" the graft works. Has anyone tried this?
>
> I want to know too. The few native juneberries around us grow slowly
> and when they finally fruit the berries tend to be ruined by rust. By
> contrast, the little Timm x Success sprouts Lucky sent me years ago
> have had completely clean fruit. It's taken a few years to get a nice
> clump, but they are at the edge of the garden and I was able to
> protect the fruit this spring and eat a handful. If any of you don't
> know, the best way to eat juneberries is cooked, because they develop
> the most amazing almond flavor. I've gotten to do this exactly once,
> but have never forgotten. You can taste it when you bite into the
> seeds raw, but cooked is far better. TxS flowers aren't as pretty as
> the natives and they bloom several weeks later. I was wanting to do a
> cross, so I'd have to pick the native flower buds or a branch of them
> and put them in the fridge to keep them from blooming too early.
> There is one native plant in the woods that I have waited for
> years to grow, and now it's finally reached 2 feet tall, I think I'd
> be wise to just stick some TxS on it. I felt like a fool when I found
> a nice bush out by a volunteer pear I'd grafted at the edge of the
> neighbor's field. I've passed it for years, so it must have bloomed
> for the first time this year. The berries were smaller than what I
> picked from a tree in town years ago, but only maybe 10% had rust, and
> it was a bad year for all rusts. Amelanchiers should be more widely
> grown, but we all need vars that do for our area. Donna
>
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