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dekalbman2: The blackcherry fruit clusters here aren't quite so coy.  If 
they do ripen uneven, not a big problem to quickly roll the cluster in your 
palm, and only the ripe berries drop.  The big problem is, finding clusters 
w/in reach!

jwlehman:  I bet that would work, but the way the birds feed on 
blackcherries here, I'd be collecting a lot of bird poo.  Can fruit & 
plastic sheet be washed adequately?


----Original Message Follows----
From: Jwlehman@
To: nafex@
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Black Cherry
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:46:18 EDT

In a message dated 8/11/2005 7:58:02 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dekalbman2@ writes:

>
> >A pain in the butt to pick the fruit.

A tree along the drive way is dropping fruit on the ground here. Rather than
pick, why couldn't one spread a sheet of plastic on the ground under the 
tree
and collect them daily by rolling off the sheet?  Suggested from a point of
ignorance. Years ago someone said they make good wine.

Jerry