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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Prunus fruticosa
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:58:09 -0500

the plants for a future database has this to say:

mongolian cherry

http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Prunus+fruticosa







Ginda Fisher wrote:

> I don't know. It was sold as "dwarf ground cherry". The full catalog
> description is:
>
> These shrubs stay short, reaching only 3 to 5 feet at maturity. They
> have beautiful
> bright green foliage and white flowers in the Spring, yielding a small,
> dark red, tart
> cherry in mid-summer. Our family's favorite jam is made with this fruit.
> Wonderful for
> hedges and extremely hardy. Alaska growers say their bushes survive the
> most difficult
> winters. At least 2 plants required for pollination. Plant 3 to 6 ft.
> apart.
>
> I'll let you know in a couple of years what I think it tastes like.
>
> Ginda
>
> mIEKAL aND wrote:
> >
> > what's the common name for prunus fruticosa?
> >
> > Ginda Fisher wrote:
> >
> > > Same weather here. I guess we do have similar climates. :)
> > >
> > > It looks like I may get a few flowers on one of the bush cherries I
> > > planted last fall (Prunus fruticosa) from St. Lawrence Nurseries.
> >
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