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

Hi Jim;

 

Did you plant the Elderberries, or are they wild ?

That's good news.

I'm finding them under telephone wires, so they are probably bird distributed.

 

Up north in zone 4, I have Nova, York (both Canadensis) and Samdal (Nigra) all planted last April.

I'm taking a lot of notes and photos. Maybe this summer I'll show them on NAFEX.

 

Murph

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Jim Fruth

To: NAFEX

Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:09 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Elderberry

    Some time ago I asked for suggestions of fruit that would grow in shade
and didn't get any answers that I could use.  Since then I've been
experimenting and learned that Sambucus canadensis does very well in shade.
It produces more in open sunlight but isn't a slouch in the shade either.
Most of mine are about 10' north of a line of maple trees  and do get peeks
of sunlight depending upon how the maple leaves blow in the wind.  A few of
my elderberry bushes are north of (under) White Pine and Spruce and do get
just a bit of direct sunlight about an hour before sunset.  All are quite
productive.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

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