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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

There is quite a range in traits - size, ripening time, astringency, productivity.   A row of seedlings from a Romanian breeding program varies a lot in productivity, but size is all on the small side.  I've got some own rooted cuttings from Yugoslavian material with much larger fruit.   Rooting seems to be a matter of getting half-hardened wood at just the right stage.  Root them under mist.  If you're lucky, 20% of them root.  No idea how hardy any of the seedlings would be.
-Lon Rombough


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On May 28, 2009, at 7:50 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

I've never sampled any of the selected varieties.  Are there
noticeable improvements in taste, size & astringency?  Any that would
be hardy here in Wisconsin?  & how true to seed are C. mas?