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[lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

I'd suggest growing Prunus tomentosa. The cherries are a bit on the 
small size, but prolific and, in contrast to jan and Joy, very tasty.

Lee Reich
www.leereich.com

On Sep 18, 2004, at 11:25 AM, list@ginda.us wrote:

> I live in the 'burbs, in a neighborhood with lots of mature trees.  
> This rather limits what fruit I can grow, as there is little "full 
> sun", and a lot of the shade comes from my neighbors' trees.  But a 
> developer has purchased the lot next door.  He has already removed the 
> house and most of the scruffy plants, and he plans to remove all the 
> trees (or maybe all but two) and regrade the lot to make it "level", a 
> bit below the grade of my property.  (Houses on level lots sell at a 
> premium.)  While I am pained to see the lovely old oaks coming down, 
> it is also an opportunity.  I am considering removing an old yew hedge 
> and replanting with something that fruits (and will also provided some 
> privacy) and I'm wondering if Jan/Joel/Joy might work.
>
> The location will still not have full sun, as I don't plan to remove 
> the trees on my side of the line.  The neighbor is roughly to the west 
> of me, maybe a little north and west.  My trees are right there, but 
> tall, with no low branches, so there is some light from the other 
> sides.   There is presumably also competition from the oak roots.
>
> So I'm wondering how well bush cherries would do in the spot, and also 
> if they will provide a reasonable screen in the winter.  I'm sure 
> currants would do okay, but they don't make as much of a hedge as I 
> would like, and (possibly because of viruses or other disease) mine 
> look pretty scraggly by mid-summer, so they would be defoliated for 
> more of the year than I'd like in a hedge.  (My currants fruit well 
> despite whatever ails them, and get bigger each year.  So whatever it 
> is, it's not too serious.)  Any advice?  Other possibilities?  Or, I 
> could just leave the yew in place.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginda
> eastern MA, zone 6
> watching Ivan out my windows today.   He's lost the bite, but he still 
> carries a lot of rain!
>
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