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[Ginda Kaplan Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:52  PM, Lucky Pittman wrote:

> At 01:58 PM 11/21/2002 -0500, Richard wrote:
> > This time of year, the rabbiteye leaf color beats highbush handsdown!
>
> Amen to that - right now my rabbiteyes would rival any 'Burning Bush' 
> at its peak fall color.
>
> Lucky

This time of year my highbush blueberry is just red twigs, but two 
weeks ago it was a blazing glory.  I'm sure it varies with cultivar 
(mine is Rubel) and weather, but my highbush blueberry was the 
brightest, reddest shrub around this year, beating burning bush hands 
down.

Ginda Fisher
eastern Mass., zone 6
(too far north for rabbiteye - we choose between highbush and lowbush 
up here.)