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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

> I wonder if Autumn Bliss could have been wrongly labelled.  It came in one 
> of those boxes with 2 plants for about $9.  Can one trust fruit plant 
> boxing companies?

Hmmmm, and all this time I thought MegaCorp really cared...........
Actually, I had inadvertantly left Royalty off of my order of plants (from a 
real company)  so, I too, bought 4 for $9 on sale in a pasteboard carton at 
a local BigBox.......they actually did turn out to be Royalty! though 
sickly. Taste was fine on the few berries they produced this autumn. I 
really have no idea why you got a ripe yet sour berry.
I did a quick search off the web and came up with this pic of fairly ripe 
autumn bliss berries, though, I like to wait till I see just a bit of white 
showing. I would think you could try Autumn Britton, which I understand is 
not suited to my climate, but rates very well.  
www.hummel-erdbeeren.de/images/Himbeeren/99_AutumnBliss.jpg


> One other possibility is the youth of the plant.  It was planted in March, 
> and may not have built up enough strength to fruit deliciously.  Does that 
> make a difference?
>
>                 Diane
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