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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Named Elderberries - no thanks
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:22:45 -0500


What zone are you in?


---- Original Message ----
From: qazingulaza@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Named Elderberries - no thanks
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:19:05 -0500

>I've had the named varieties you mention for almost 20 years & never
>experienced the drop off you mention. The plantings are slowly
>drifting sunward but no noticeable decline. My issue is racing the
>robins for all the ripe fruit. Usually they end up with more than
>half. I also have a lot of the native elderberries around here which
>the robins almost never harvest, not sure why that is.
>
>~mIEKAL
>
>On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net>
>wrote:
>> Richard Murphy wrote, "Last year the stalks got 4 to 5' tall. This
>year I
>> expect fruit, and I'll compare it to the traditional Candian stuff
>I have
>> that already works fine."
>>
>>    I bought the named Elderberries Nova and York.  In their second
>year
>> they were 8' tall and produced copious amounts of fruit.  In their
>third
>> year, they were less tall and produced less fruit.  Thereafter they
>became
>> short (2' to 5') bushes and never fruited again. One by one I'm
>grubbing
>> them out.  Now I plant Sambucus canadensis that I get from the New
>Hampshire
>> Conservation Department.  They are not as compact, not as pretty,
>don't
>> produce as much fruit as the named varieties did (once) but they
>are
>> dependable.  S. canadensis produces abundantly in full sun and are
>more than
>> worth their growing space when planted in shade/filtered sunlight.
>>
>> Jim Fruth
>> Brambleberry Farm
>> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
>> For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
>> www.jellygal.com
>> 1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
>> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
>>
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