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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Jim:  I have York and Johns elderberries which I believe are S
canadensis.  This spring I do not see any signs of life with them yet.

---- Original Message ----
From: jfruth@tds.net
To: ernestplutko@wiktel.com
Subject: RE: Saambucus
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:29:07 -0500

>Ernest,
>    Re your comments on elderberry dying back, I have found that
>while Sambucus nigra frequently dies back to the ground, S.
>canadensis does it much less.  I can depend on a crop from S.
>canadensis but not from S. nigra.  Do you have any S. canadensis?
>
>Jim Fruth
>Brambleberry Farm
>Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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