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[Chex <chex.rice@gmail.com>]

I'm going to be buying some honeywood serviceberry plants from St
Lawrence Nursery.  I think they are the only nursery that sells them
and they are highly recommended by the owner of Saskatoon Farms in
Canada.  Their web address is:
http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us/juneberries.html

I purchaces nortline serviceberries from Raintree nursery last year
and am happy so far.  Their web address is:
http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/producttype.cfm?producttype=SERV

On the subject of Aronia.  When I dig up shoots and give them to
friends I have been calling it the Jelly Bush.  It is very, very
productive but the fruit is best suited for making jelly as the skin
does not appeal to the taste.  I made 15 pints of jelly off of one
bush that was planted in the spring of 2005 and was purchased from
Raintree.  I have five of the Viking Aronia planted across the front
of my property as an edible landscaping hedge.  Pretty plant.

Chris Rice
zone 5a, IL


>   From: Richard MURPHY
>   To: nafex
>   Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:34 PM
>   Subject: [NAFEX] serviceberry hunt
>
>
>   Hi Kids;
>
>   Aside from Saskatoon Farm and Lawyer (both cool) does anybody know of a 
> source for
>   Serviceberry aka Saskatoon / Juneberry ??
>   Amelanchier Alnifolia var. Smoky or Northline
>   maybe 200 plants.......
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Richard Murphy