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

Maybe it doesn't get cold enough in Oregon for Saskatoons.  There are
several species of Juneberries that are dry and yucky.  I am thinking
that Saskatoons are not Serviceberries but they are related.  You can
correct me.  My bushes came from Canada and are labeled Saskatoons. 
I found last week several bushes of Serviceberries or Juneberries
growing on my forest land along a path.  I'll eat some when they are
ripe and see how they taste. 

---- Original Message ----
From: lonrom@hevanet.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Saskatoons
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:55:08 -0700

>       I picked a couple gallons of Serviceberries  (saskatoons to you)
>this 
>year from a local seedling in our back field here in Oregon.  We made
>
>some pies from them that I'd stack up against a lot of  other fruits.
>       I've said this so many times I'm sure others are tired of it, but
>the 
>Canadian selections just don't cut it here - they get lots of rust
>and 
>their growth cycle doesn't fit our locale.  The genus is so
>widespread 
>there should be good selections adapted to lots of places if people 
>would go out and look for them.   I didn't even have to go off my 
>property to find two good selections.
>-Lon Rombough  
>http://www.bunchgrapes.com
>On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Ernest Plutko wrote:
>
>Ate several handfuls of my first-ripened Saskatoons today.  Tasty.
>When I first ate Saskatoons I didn't like them but I acquired a taste
>for them. Don't understand why not many Saskatoons are grown in US.
>
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