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["Richard MURPHY" <murphman108@msn.com>]

Hello Jim Fruth;

 

I guess I'm curious as to the differences of Canadensis such as York and Nova, versus Nigra; Samdal particularly. Most of these berries will wind up in wine. As it is now, I make a decent wine with apple cider and dried Elderberries (Nigra). This will be selling on my farm in a few years. Also, the buzz is Elder will be bumping out Echinacea as the new cold remedy. Wouldn't hurt to have a few hundred plants in if this happens.

    Propagation of these things, from what one website shows, is hardly more than jamming a softwood cutting into a pot of dirt. Root cuttings also are an easy way to multiply them. It would be splendid to hear from someone who has grown both, and could provide a brief comparison between the two.

 

Thank you.

 

Richard Murphy

z4 Maine  z6 MA