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[Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>]

John,
If Lon Rombough does not reply to your request, I suggest you contact
him directly.

My goumi plant is from Lucille Whitman, Whitman Farms, Salem, Oregon.
I saw her mother plant fruiting in June 4-5 years ago, then requested
rooting cuttings from the same.  My other two June-fruiting plants are
from Burnt Ridge Nursery, in SE Washington State, if I remember
correctly.

So at some NW nurseries, they are getting Goumi right.  Perhaps size matters.

As for correcting copy or pictures in catalogs, I've had luck asking
who edits the catalog, and then directly communicating with them,
hopefully with grace and patience.
Richard Moyer
SW VA; where the copy editor of the local food guide could not
understand why I was repeatedly insistent that she change Richard
'Hudson' to Richard Moyer, as the owner and manager of Moyer Family
Farm.

Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:24:47 -0800 (PST)
From: John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers' <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] MisIdentification: Goumi vs. Autum Olive
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I've been trying to establish some goumi plants for more than a
decade.? I've twice now planted so-called goumis from reputable North
Wast mail-order nurseries, grown them out and upon fruiting,
discovered them to be fall fruiting Autumn Olives instead of the
spring fruiting Goumis.? It is easy to tell the difference from the
appearance and timing of the fruit.

Today I received the 2011 print catalog from Raintree and found them
using a picture of Autumn Olives for Goumis and the description
indicating that goumis fruit in August instead of the correct timing
of "spring".? I go on-line and find that the on-line picture of goumi
is, instead, a picture of red fruited Cornelian Cherry.

I just wanted to share with the list that North West nurseries (more
than one) are selling mis-identified Elaeagnus, at least to me, and
from the current print catalog of Raintree, appear to be continuing
the practice.

Anything I can do to fix this problem?? Does anybody on the list have
contacts in the area with Raintree that could give them the word about
this problem?? I've sent emails but no longer have confidence that the
replacement Goumi that I'm to receive this spring will actually be a
ture Goumi.? I don't want to spend an additional 5 years to find out
this is another Autumn Olive.

Thanks

John