North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Charlie,
The list you provided might be for the use of traditional rose breeders.
They look for reliable hip producers so they can more easily make their
hybrid roses.  Crossing just any old roses may not produce seed, but if you
start with at least one of them being a good parent of previous crosses then
your chances of success will probably increase.  I could be wrong, but the
roses you list are probably used in production of new kinds of blooms, not
for eating.
-Mark Lee, Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Charles Paradise
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:35 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Cc: Mike Levine
Subject: [JunkMail] Re: [NAFEX] Rose hip exploring


Mark,

At some point, probably while perusing the Arnold Arboretum library I copied
a
short list someone
had compiled of what they considered superior fruting roses.  Some of these
appear to be tea rose
varieties:

Roses w/best production of hips:Old Blush, Queen Elizabeth,Paradise,Roger
Lambelin,Rosa eglanteria
(Eglantine).

Charlie Paradise
zone 5 / Massachusetts

Mike Levine wrote:

> Speaking of roses, does anyone have any recommendations for a rose with
> really large edible hips that don't need to ferment in order to taste
good?
_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

To unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change
other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex

File attachments are NOT stripped by this list
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!

Message archives are here:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex

NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/