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

> Funny, Forest Farm sent me a mis-identified tree as well.  It took a 
> couple of years for it to fruit and be ID'd.  Wasn't even the same 
> species.  When I wrote them about it this past summer, they questioned 
> my ability to ID the tree.  I responded with pictures and they checked 
> their stock.  Found out I was correct and said that they would check 
> their "other" stock and replace it.  No word from them for many months 
> now.


I didn't have a picture, and it took a little convincing. But when I 
described the plant, they told me what it might be, and I found pictures 
on the Internet that confirmed it for me.

I'll tell you, I really hated tearing out that bush, since it had grown 
great and had a huge root system after only one year. And then to 
replace it with this little thing which, since it was rather late in the 
season by then, had dropped nearly all its leaves during shipment. It 
was pretty sad.

But despite its unpromising beginning, the replacement grew just fine. 
And unlike you, I was lucky enough to discover the problem after the 
first year. I bought some other clove currants, and they just didn't 
look the same. I hope you get your tree replaced (though you can't 
replace the lost years, can you?).

Hmm,... I've been planting a lot of fruit trees and bushes lately. I 
hope the rest of them are the right thing!

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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