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[Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] bilberry/ v. myrtillus

Hartmanns' had some small ones last fall.  I'll bet they still have some in stock.  616-253-4281

 

Mike Levine

Ann Arbor, MI zone5b

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From: Lon J. Rombough

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:52 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] bilberry/ v. myrtillus

Two possibles.  I procured seed of V. myrtillus for Fall Creek Nursery several years ago and they may have plants by now, though you'd have to ask as the species isn't listed.  http://www.fallcreeknursery.com/home.html

The other would be the National Clonal Germplasm Repository at Corvallis, OR. where the Vaccinium collection is kept.  You MIGHT be able to get a tissue cultured plant, or at least some seed.

-Lon Rombough

Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com

From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>

Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 04:02:36 +0000
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] bilberry/ v. myrtillus

I am looking into vaccinium myrtillus for a relative  - who at age 48 has
suddenly found herself going blind from a rare form of retinal degeneration.
Her post surgery prognosis by the eye surgeon is basically "good luck", so,
though she is a science teacher,  she now finds herself persuing
'alternative' forms of healing .
Bilberry keeps coming up. Some sites call it a huckleberry, one foot tall;
but the huckleberries I remember were 4' high. Even if it has no healing
properties, it would make good jam.        Anyone know where I could buy
some plants?     Del,   here's a website on bilberry         
http://www.stevenfoster.com/education/monograph/bilberry.html






Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3

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