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  • From: Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] serviceberry searches
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:11:03 -0500

Ginda,
Thanks for posting the message you found. I did a google search with
'Amelanchier' and 'rust' as the terms, found a couple more Nafex
messages where people list their favorites. Still curious whether a
more recent list subscriber has access to all these, and can find them
efficiently with a couple of search terms.
Richard

Superior Juneberries?
Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com> Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 11:41 PM
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Agreed that the nomenclature of Amelanchier is a mess. Hence am
interested in hearing favorite Juneberry cultivars and sources,
especially if you have rust resistant cultivars in a rust-prone area.

Our favorites are Amelanchier canadensis, no cultivar name, from
Lawyer's Nursery (12 ft, multistem), 'Regent' from Oikos Tree Crops (6
ft, multistem), and 'Jennybelle', available from several nurseries (15
ft, single stem and still growing.

Richard Moyer, East Tenn
Where Juneberries are done at 1800 ft, save Jennybelle.

Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com> Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 11:53 PM
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Richard:
I've got one juneberry here, found by Bill Schulz, that is a
selection of A. alnifolia from this area. The big redeeming feature
is that it's very resistant to rust. Otherwise, the fruit is only
fair. Not bad, but not very sweet. I think I'd rather use the space
for something else, but could leave it long enough to send seed or
scions, if you are interested.
-Lon
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
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Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com> Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:15 AM
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Lon,
Thanks for the info. I saw and tasted this at Bill's place in 2000.
Agreed that fruit is fair compared to other juneberries. Fortunately
for us, we do not have juneberry rust, but certain places in the east
(and west), it's so severe that people can't succeed with Juneberries.
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Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu> Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at
6:51 PM
To: Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>, North American Fruit Explorers
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At 10:41 PM 6/25/2005, Richard wrote:
Agreed that the nomenclature of Amelanchier is a mess. Hence am
interested in hearing favorite Juneberry cultivars and sources,
especially if you have rust resistant cultivars in a rust-prone area.

Best ones in my small planting are a couple of row-run "Timm &
Success" seedlings I bought 10 years ago from the now-defunct Bear
Creek Nursery. I've never seen a rust canker on a stem nor an
infected berry, though I can't swear that there aren't any spots on
the leaves. Fruit is as good or better than any of the tissue
cultured varieties(Regent, Smokey, Theissen, Honeywood, Forestburg,
Martin, Success - one or more of these is no longer living, I just
don't remember which one, off the top of my head) in my collection,
and they fruit more heavily. Additionally, the seedlings have much
healthier foliage and are head and shoulders above the others, with
respect to vigor of growth and spread. After 10 years in the ground,
they're still only about 3-3.5 ft tall, but the clumps have suckered
out to about 4-5 ft in diameter.
I've been disappointed with 'Jennybelle' here. Low fruit production,
and it is definitely inferior to both the alnifolias and the local
A.laevis trees - just kind of blah. Had some rust-infected fruits on
Jennybelle this year.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY
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