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["Glen Skinner" <glenkskinner@hotmail.com>]

We have a lot of sparkleberries around here (Zone 8b).  They fruit 
consistently every year, but the berries are extremely dry and mealy.  I did 
find one plant that seemed to have better berries this year, so I will be 
watching it closely.

Glen
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> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:52:14 -0500
> From: "Doc Lisenby" <longdistshtr@shtc.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Sparkleberries
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> I mentioned several years ago about finding plenty of Sparkleberry
> trees/shrubs on my property which although locals recite eating them by the
> handful in the forties and fifties, I haven't seen a berry here although
> they do bloom.   I bought a piece of property seventeen miles WNW of here
> and was surprised to find Sparkleberries growing and bearing plenty of
> berries in a small patch.
> Ironically I live right on the USDA Hardiness Zone line between 7b and 8a.
> The producing shrubs are in 7b and the non-producing shrubs are in 8a.  I 
> am
> doubtful that this is the reason but it is something which defies any
> logical explanation I can think of other than herbicide or pesticide use
> locally.
> Doc Lisenby

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