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[Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>]

Hi Lucky,


I heard that from an botanist recently.  Wasn't sure if it was true.  I've 
been reading that M. rubra is declining in the northeast and that was one 
solution that I heard of.  Maybe it's declining due to hybridization with M. 
alba, and just that alone - or disease.


Matt,
 cv. 'Kokuso' is part of the M. alba complex (spp. latifolia), not M. nigra. 


Steve
NJ 6b/7a