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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

In 1985 I visited Wisconsin and saw Viburnum prunifolium used as a landscape
plant everywhere.  The fruit is sweet and slighly chewy with a single flat
seed that looks like a rough watermelon seed.
I'd suggest you look under landscaping for V. prunifolium pictures.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com

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>From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
>To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nafex] mystery fruit/viburnam
>Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 12:20 PM
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>First viburnam was suggested, after 100 urls I couldn't find any  with pics 
>to help differentiate the species. Then Black Haw....viburnam prunifolia. 
>I'd give it 80% likelihood. Found one url with a pic.
>Another url<http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictures/sf-z-08.html>listed 
>viburnam opulus & v. trilobum as black haw, but most showed prunifolia as 
>it.
>Black Haw sure had lots of medicinal references. At this time I'll look at 
>the native plants as being of value on their own, not as a grafting stock.  
>Thanks for the help! Here is a site I ran onto of Canadian growing of v. 
>trilobum and its uses, I hope to get in a hundred or so of them in wet 
>areas.< http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/fruit/bli01s00.html>
>And a site of choices for growing in wet areas  
><http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/03900054.html>
>I'm glad this free photo site works, makes it easier than using nafex/yahoo.
>I saw both spellings - viburnam and viburnum - anyone know?
>One common name was SLOE. Any relation to sloe gin?
>Anyone out there use v. prunifolia?
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>Del Stubbs
>ag zone 2/3
>Pinewood Forge
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