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[<jelie@new.rr.com>]

Hey Michelle,

I've grown a few haws and have never noticed whether they have had any 
fireblight, rust is such a problem here.  I have never grown the azarole but 
do have a c. pinnatifida from Hidden Springs.  The wild haws in my area have 
quite a problem with rust and I was hoping pinnatifida would be a bit more 
disease resistant.  A Russian haw from Oikos seems to be the most disease 
resistant after only one year.  There has been no disease on it that I have 
noticed.  In the same group of plants, my medlar seemed relatively untouched 
by disease in our area.  My VanDeman Quince had been pretty free from disease 
as well.  The first five years it was fairly unscathed but rust was more of a 
problem with our cooler summer this past year.

Jim Elie
Green Bay WI
zone 4/5


---- Michele Stanton <6ducks@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Has anyone tried growing either of the two crataegus species offered by One
> Green World,
> 
> The Azarole (Crataegeus azarolus) or Chinese Haw, Crataegus pinnatifida?  
> 
> I would like to know if either plant has any fireblight resistance....  and
> how does the fruit taste?d
> 
> Do other nurseries sell these?
> 
>  
> 
> Michele in SW Ohio
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