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["Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>]

Lucky
   I believe that this is why it is usually used to make elderberry wine. I 
have a couple, but don't even bother with them. I leave them for the birds.

Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, Michigan
gc_nofs@hotmail.com

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----Original Message Follows----
From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [nafex] the disappointing elderberry
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:54:46 -0500

At 04:32 PM 08/08/2001 +0000, Robert wrote:
 >I got 4 elderberries plants about 2 years ago from Henry Fields.
 >This year I got my first big crop.  The problem is none of the berries
 >have any flavor.  Not sweet or sour - just very bland.  Am I doing 
something
 >wrong?

I've never sampled the named selections, like York, Adams, John, etc., but
have eaten quite a few wild ones.  Never was very impressed with any
particular flavor.  Guess if I was desperate for something to eat, they'd
be worth spending the time on, but unless the cultivated ones are a whole
lot better than my natives, I won't be planting any.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY



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