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  • From: Ed & Pat Fackler <rocmdw@aye.net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] good stuff, perhaps
  • Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:21:51 -0500



fluffy bunny wrote:

> Ed Fackler wrote:
>
> I need some advice on blueberry culture for zone 6. We've had
> Coville and Blueray varieties here since 1976 and they've done
> exceedling well with very little care.
>
> They produce some 30 lbs. of fruit per year per bush.
>
> And I'm going to expand this a bit with other varieties which ripen
> at different times.
>
> My reply:
>
> Well I was waiting to see the replies before chiming in.
>
> But first I have a few questions...standard ones at that.
>
> Is this for the home garden? Do you want ornamental value? Machine or
> hand pick? How many are you going to want to put out? (Different blue
> berries are pruned differently, it is nice to be able to standardize the
> pruning practice) Is fruit size uniformity important? Do you have a
> fruit size preference?

My response--------

Foremost priority is flavor, as I've not found many which have
pronounced flavor, all rather bland to my my taste.
Distant secondary priority is size.

You wrote-----------

>
> Ed, as always, wishing you all the best,
>
> the rabbit

My response----

Jeez, Fluff, I didn't realize that rabbits like blueberries!!! Here,
they starve prior to eating them!

I suppose as with humans, there is ethnic preferences amongst other
animal species as well!!

Ed









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