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- From: "loneroc" <loneroc@countryspeed.com>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed (AND PAWPAW NOTE)
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:05:10 -0500
Hi mIEKAL,
Although there is, of course, not as much
difference between rhubarb cultivars as there is for grapes, no vintner would
plant grape seeds and expect high quality wine to result. If you want to
produce the best wine you should use the best clones. I only have two
clones, the regular sort that has huge leaves and seeds, and another small
-leaved one which never produces seed stalks. The latter came with my
property and was called "wine rhubarb" by the hundred year old owner. I
almost let the bed of wine rhubarb be smothered by grass. Even mowed over
it because it was runty. A few years back this e-list discussed the fact
that there were a number of rhubarb clones, with significant differences between
them. So I dug up the vestiges of the wine rhubarb from the lawn an
transplanted them to a very fertile vegetable garden. The resultant
rhubarb custard pies (I haven't tried wine with them) were spectacularly better
than the coarse, big clone. I'd think that this would likely apply to
wine, too. If you want a couple of starts swing by my place next
spring.
A while back you asked about the location of the
Iowa native pawpaws at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. If you
travel in a straight line from the McKay Visitors Center to the green outdoor
restroom (located to the right of the white pine shaded rhododendron planting)
you'll run into the pawpaws on the wood's edge about 50 yards beyond the
bathroom.
Steve H. Lone Rock, WI USDA zone
3.
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[NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed,
mIEKAL aND, 10/13/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed,
Kevin Moore, 10/14/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed, Deb S, 10/14/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed (AND PAWPAW NOTE),
loneroc, 10/16/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed (AND PAWPAW NOTE), mIEKAL aND, 10/18/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed,
Hélène Dessureault, 10/14/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed, Sarah Kehler Ewing, 10/15/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed, Anton Callaway, 10/15/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed,
Kevin Moore, 10/14/2010
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