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Hey All,

Last year St Lawrence Nurseries offered two of the best varieties to come out 
of Canada.  They went through a lengthy evaluation program.  The results of 
this program are available online, either html or pdf.  The names of these 
varieties are Harvest Moon and Orange September.  If you call St Lawrence 
Nurseries they may still have a few they could sell you.  The male they sell 
may be the highly rated male from the same program.  Last year, St Lawrence 
was selling these cultivars for 11.50 each.  Google these varieties and check 
them out.  They performed better than many of the known Eurasian varieites.  
They may not be thornless.....and only have fewer thorns than the norm, but 
you can get better descriptions online.

I have been growing sea buckthorn for about five years.  I have Leikora, 
Harvest Moon, Orange September, Byantes, Amber Dawn, and a male from Jung's 
seeds.  The two varieties mentioned above were only purchased last year and 
will probably need another year at least.  The Byantes has the sweetest fruit 
of the ones that have fruited, but the berries are small and held closely to 
the branches.  It does have thorns.  The Amber Dawn is my favorite of my 
fruiting varieties.  It has the largest fruit, is nearly as sweet as Byantes, 
The berries are much more easily picked than Byantes, but it still has 
thorns.  My Leikora is by far the most productive and latest fruiting but has 
a much more tart berry.  This small tree has thorns but a nice pyramidal 
shape as well.  The berries are very persistent and will stay on the tree all 
winter.  

Good Luck

Jim Elie
Green Bay Wisconsin
Zone 4/5

---- rafter sass <rafter@liberationecology.org> wrote: 
> Hey folks,
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> Looking for sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) germplasm resources.
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> The Shelterbelt Center in Canada says they had a near-thornless  
> variety years ago,
> but I can't get an email back from those folks.
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> Anyone know sources for improved (productive, easy-to-harvest,  
> thornless) varieties?
> Seeds, scion wood, seedlings?
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> Thanks so much for any help.
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> Best,
> Rafter
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