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Greetings,
    The species you saw in the arboretum  was most likely Cornus angustata. 
The evergreen Chinese dogwood. Capitata is a Himalayan sp. which only thrives 
in the pacific northwest. Too hot and humid in the summer and cold in the 
winter in the southeast. Angustata will defoliate in a hard zone 7 winter.
   Regarding Milkyway. Milkyway comes from 15 selected seedlings that were 
originally selected from a block of thousands of seedlings. 15 made the cut. 
Since they are all seedlings its possible that all milkyways wont display the 
same traits.Some fruit may be better than others......
    Don SHadow , in the book, Dogwoods, which he co-authored with Paul 
Cappiello states that the Kousa variety 'Propzam' or Prophet is as sweet 
tasting as any on the Market.He is an excellent plantsman who has tasted 
thousands of fruits over the years.

Mark
SW ohio