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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 03:45 AM 6/28/2004 +0000, Tanis wrote:
> Sorry, but has anyone gotten this link to work?
Worked for me, just took a while to load.

> Mystery mutation on wild elderberries
>
> Below is a link to photos of a mysterious growth which has appeared on the 
> wild elderberries that are growing at Dreamtime Village. Never seen this 
> before in the 13 years I've been growing here.   So far this growth has 
> not spread to the selected varieties of elderberries I have elsewhere in 
> the garden.  I would love to know more information about what causes this, 
> is it something to worry about, etc.   mIEKAL
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/index.php/MysteryMutation

Looks not unlike the leaf galls I used to see on a regular basis on 
azaleas.  We'd just pick 'em off and burn 'em or otherwise dispose of them.

Lucky