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

If you want an edible hawthorn, you might try Richard Fahey's selection of Crataegus mollis.  He calls it "Heart's Delight" and it's very good eaten fresh.  Soft, smooth, slightly sweet, and about the size of a cherry.  Richard is Nafex's apple chairman.  Very low tech, you  can only contact him by surface mail.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short, low resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
A video about The Grape Grower : http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/

On Nov 6, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Kieran &/or Donna wrote:

My 13 year old mayhaws are being whacked.  If any of you know of a rust resistant type of haw or anything else that can be successfully grafted to them, the stumps will still be there to graft to next spring.  I wish I'd listened years ago when Chris Inhulsen dismissed them because they got rust.  I know "Winter King" is supposed to be resistant, but this spring I grafted a seedling of it onto a native haw and it got some pretty orange spots on the leaves.  I got to thinking that if the birds dropped seeds of the real 'Winter King' all around they could keep the hawthorn and quince rusts going forever.  Thanks.  Donna_______________________________________________
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