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["Mark and Piper" <piper33@verizon.net>]

I currently do not have any Aronia growing in my Seattle-area edible
landscape. I saw some bushes at a local park recently that were loaded with
fruit. I did some research on-line and found that the sugar levels can be
very high, around 24 brix, and read that the 2nd most popular ice cream
flavor in Poland is Aronia (what is the nost popular?). My New Year's
resolution is to add this fruit to my garden. As far as yield and flavor
goes, Nero gets the best reviews. What do you guys say? I also noticed that
Raintree offers both named selections and seedlings. Has anyone had any
interesting results experimenting with Aronia seedlings?
-Mark Lee, Seattle