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  • From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Viburnum lentago
  • Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:34:27 -0500 (EST)

Hi,

What about a cherry plum bush?

I do not have one... yet, but I am keeping my eyes open looking.

Later,
Tom

--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
(similar to US zone 5)

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, rob hamilton wrote:

> Sounds kind of interesting, but I guess I will keep it
> as a backup.
> I have been looking for some small fruiting bushes to
> go around some
> trees I have in the front yard.
>
> I have blueberrys, nanking cherries, crandells,
> gooesberries,
> I guess I am running out of options.
>
>
> --- Doug Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:
> > Rob Hamilton asked about the fruit of Viburnum
> > lentago (nannyberry in
> > Ontario, sheepberry with him) on December 4th.
> >
> > My limited experience here in southern Ontario is
> > that the fruit is
> > similar to a small gooseberry in size, elongated
> > oval in shape, black, has
> > one relatively large seed, with flesh of a mild
> > somewhat datelike flavour
> > but much less dense than dates. It become even
> > softer after frost. Not a
> > whole lot of flavour. Nothing special but quite
> > edible.
> >
> > Doug Woodard
> > St. Catharines, Ontario
> > (Niagara Peninsula)
> >
> >
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