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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Purple leaves, tasty fruit
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:11:22 -0800

P. cistena is a loser here, too. If you want to learn more, there is a book
devoted entirely to purple leave plums from Timber Press. I reviewed it
several years ago for POMONA. Great book, but so specialized it was a total
flop for the publisher. I have several good purple leaved plums, including
one that holds it's fruit actually into the fall. Never saw anything like
it before.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, consulting, more, at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom

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>From: "Mark Lee" <piper3@uswest.net>
>To: nafex@egroups.com
>Subject: [nafex] Purple leaves, tasty fruit
>Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2001, 6:40 AM
>

>I enjoy purple leaves the landscape. I keep my eyes open for plants
>that provide tasty edibles and also have purple leaves. I have been
>growing purple leaved kale in my garden for years. Last year I
>planted a purple beech in hopes of beating the squirrels to the beech
>nuts. This tree died from neglect during our dry summer :( so I think
>I will plant another.
>
>While researching cherries recently, I came across Prunus x cistena,
>purple leaved sand cherry. It mainly offer ornament in the garden,
>but a few fruits sometimes show up also. I noticed that Raintree
>Nursery offers it.
>
>Any experience with Prunus x cistena? Lon, is this like nanking
>cherry that doesn't have a chance in the wet Pacific Northwest?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark Lee
>Seattle
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