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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> I don't know if you have the same problem I have with Serviceberry but the 
> fruit is attacked every spring by Quince Rust here in SoCar.  This is the 
> first year in seven that they haven't been attacked and totally ruined by the 
> rust.


Well, I must admit this thread is a little disappointing, since I'd been 
thinking that Serviceberries (Juneberry, Saskatoon, Shadblow, etc.) 
might be interesting to try. Somewhere, I read that they taste rather 
like a blueberry (which I love), but that they don't require acid soil. 
I was wondering how they'd do in Nebraska, and which varieties might be 
recommended for fresh eating (shrubs, by preference, though I might be 
able to handle a small tree).

Well, all fruit has problems, I suppose. I don't want to hijack this 
thread, but I'd be interested in other comments about Serviceberries in 
general.

Bill

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