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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

I'm not sure actually. I have two cultivars, given to me by a friend. He had
lost the tags and couldn't remember. I seem to remember both cultivars
setting fruit, but sparsely. Or maybe only one set fruit. But I can't
remember. So maybe I have 2 females, and they are getting pollinated by: 1.
Wild strawberries in my yard 2. the many regular june-bearing or
ever-bearing strawberries I have or 3. the Alpine strawberries planted right
next to the musks. Or even by themselves, but whatever it is not
sufficiently.

They are more of a delicious curiousity at this point for me. Too small to
plant a lot of them and pick hoping to get many berries.

Although they spread rampantly and have filled up the entire bed under
currants and gooseberries that they are in, as well as several feet of lawn.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> Do you have male plants too, or just females? I planted some of each last
> year, and this year, just about every flower on the females set fruit. There
> are at least as many fruit per plant as my regular strawberries. I can't
> wait to taste them.
>
> Melissa
>
> --- On Tue, 6/7/11, Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry problems
> > To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 6:33 PM
> > Sounds like an issue I've had with
> > musk strawberries, which are not
> > self-fruitful. Sometimes they look like they're going to
> > make berries, but
> > it just falls off before starting to get some size. They
> > always make way
> > more flowers than berries. But some years, and now that I
> > have a couple
> > varieties, I get a decent amount of berries. But nothing
> > like regular
> > strawberries.
> >
> > -matt
> > z5 se MI
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Michael Bathrick <bathrick@berkshire.net
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Please forgive a beginner's question.
> > >
> > > I received some strawberries from the NCGR at
> > Corvallis.  The plant
> > > itself can't be more healthy, the leaves are giant, it
> > flowers
> > > profusely.  The problem is when the fruit sets
> > and reach 1/8th inch,
> > > they turn brown and the stalk withers.  I have
> > planted in both MA and in
> > > PA and have the same problem in both places.  Any
> > ideas what it might
> > > be?  I have had the same issues in wet and dry
> > conditions, hot and cool
> > > weather.  I haven't noticed any bugs.
> > >
> > > Mike
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