Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello Bert,

I mix all my currants into a single juice.  The main difference between  
josta and crandall is size and habit.

I love my crandall sizewise, but they droop to the ground when loaded with  
fruit and do not recover shape after fruit is removed.  They also get this  
"twisted" stem thing going for them.

Josta is twice as big as crandall, the fruit is larger, but it is hard to  
tell the difference tastewise.  Josta does not droop as badly as Crandall,  
but it is a large bush.

Later,
Tom

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:24:46 -0500, bert dunn <helbert@idirect.com> wrote:

> Hello Biz and all others
> IMO Crandall has more fruit/better tasting than Josta
> Tom, Joe & others- do you agree?
> Likely will have a good batch of rooted suckers in early spring- a lot  
> more
> reliable & less work than unrooted cuttings. Just put 'em where you will
> want them.    Cheers              Bert
>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:23 PM
> > Hey Bert,
> >
> > This available jostaberry stock sounds like it could have potential to
> solve
> > an opportunity, since I'm trying to fill in along the l-o-o-o-o-n-g  
> > fence
> > that encloses one end of the orchard. Is this a decent tasting hybrid,
> and,
> > also hardy to zone 5? I'm about to get my pint-sized greenhouse open for
> > business and have started to designate places on the shelves for  
> > different
> > items.  Cheers, to all. Bizmark.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of bert dunn
> > Sent: 21 February 2006 11:42
> > To: Ontario Fruit Explorers
> > Subject: [OFEX] Fw: Jostaberries
> >
> > Hello all
> > Following is a letter I rec'd which is self explanitory. Anyone  
> > interested
> > in this Johannisberren und Stachelberren hybrid ? I'm up to my armpits  
> > in
> > grapes.    Cheers       Bert
> >
> > Bert Dunn  Box 352 Schomberg    LOG1T0     1-905-880-4453
> > www.hardygrapes.tottenham.on.ca
> > Think Blending-Not Varietals
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Perhaps you remember me -- the woman who foisted all those vicious
> > > attack gooseberries on you the year before last.
> > >
> > > I'd now like to foist dozens (hundreds?) of potential jostaberry
> > > cuttings on you.  My bush has gotten so big that clothes on the
> > > clothesline get tangled in it, and it's long overdue for pruning.
> > > I think it should be cut way back, and I hate to see all those
> > > potential plants go to waste.
> > >
> > > If you'd like to come by some time when you're in Toronto and
> > > hack the bush back and harvest all this propagation material
> > > for yourself and your customers, I'd be delighted.  Fortunately
> > > jostaberries have no thorns.  Please let me know when or if it
> > > might be convenient for you to come by.  They start leafing
> > > out here in late March, so the sooner the better.
> > >
> > > yrs, b.
> >
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