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[hector black <hblack@TWLakes.Net>]

As far as I know, all the elaeagnus plants have edible fruits.  They have some astringency sometimes even when fully ripe. 

    Grow your bush and try to find out which species it is.  Autumn olive and goumi look quite a bit alike.  The goumi is more erect growing, not willowy at all.  Fruits are larger and ripen end of May here.  Autumn olive ripens later, smaller fruit.  There's another E. pungens with several varieties and hybrids.  This blooms in fall - very fragrant (as are the others) but fruit won't ripen in zone 6.  Another benefit is that they all fix nitrogen - in our experience the autumn olive is the winner here.

     Hector Black   zone 6

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