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

You are probably right but I don't have any firm opinion.  Carmine
Jewel has been propagated from tissue culture but I saw a reference
that seeds have been used.  How do you know the plant you ordered is
real and not a seedling? 

---- Original Message ----
From: mijwiz@yahoo.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:16:18 -0800 (PST)

>Carmine Jewel is propagated vegetatively. It's extremely unlikely
>that it would breed true from seed. You're free to plant seeds from
>it, since you might get something worth growing, but the seedlings
>won't be Carmine Jewel.
>
>I ordered a real Carmine Jewel from St. Lawrence Nurseries this
>spring. They say they have only a few left:
>http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us/bcherries.html
>
>Melissa
>
>--- On Sun, 2/7/10, Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
>> Subject: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 5:48 PM
>> What is the quality and hardiness of
>> Carmine Jewel bush cherry?  I
>> have a few seeds of Carmine Jewel which I buried in a quart
>> jar in my
>> garden in peat moss last fall.  Hopefully, they will
>> sprout in the
>> spring.  Canadians have a variety of bush cherries
>> developed but US
>> nurseries are woefully not adept in offering new plants.
>> 
>> 
>
>
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