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

Title: white bullaces

   One of the advantages of having odd things planted everywhere is that you find surprises every so often.  I just found a couple of trees of white bullaces (Prunus insititia) that I planted years ago and forgot.  What's so amazing is that they still had a lot of fruit on them.  P. insititia is prized in Europe for jams, at least partly because of  the intense flavor and higher acid.  Also, they hang on the trees well into fall or winter.  Many of these had started to shrivel, but are still quite decent and can be eaten fresh, though they aren't terribly large.  Not sure if I have time or patience to make jam right now, but at least I've been able to have the fun of a new fruit, at a time and place I hadn't expected it.
-Lon Rombough 

(shamless plug, again)

Announcing The Grape Grower.
   Published by Chelsea Green.  Written by Lon J. Rombough from a combination of nearly 40 years of personal experience, university training, and information from growers worldwide, this is a long-overdue  book on grape growing that is thorough, hands-on, with an organic approach, and covering more practical information than any other on the market today.  It also covers more on table grapes than any book in many decades, though good wine grapes are included, too.  It has the answers to how to grow grapes in conditions from the equator to the arctic and is ideal for home growers as well as commercial growers.  There is even information on how to breed grapes.  This is a book of use to beginners, Extension agents, commercial growers, nurseries, Master Gardeners, and more.
A description of the book is available on my website, or go to the publisher's website at:http://www.chelseagreen.com/Garden/GrapeGrower.htm
If you would like to know more about me, the author, visit my website, and see the story at:http://www.nationalgardening.com/bgcnews/oct02/index.htm
  
The Grape Grower is available in paperback or hardcover.
Cost is $35.00 for paperback, $49.00 for cloth cover.
Shipping is an additional $5.00  in the U.S., $10.00 outside the U.S.

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Lon J. Rombough
P.O. Box 365
Aurora, OR. 97002
USA

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-Lon J. Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on The Grape Grower at http://www.bunchgrapes.com