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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

I hear it is cool and rainy out there this year. Is that true? It's blazing
hot and dry here. My gooseberries were small this year. Speaking of which,
if anyone has any recomendations for gooseberries with different flavors,
let me know. I have about 7 or 8 varieties, and they all seem exactly the
same to me except for Black Velvet and hinnomaki red. The BV is much darker
and very very good tasting than all my others. Unfortunately so far, low
yielding and a favorite of the sawflies. The HR has a very nice taste and is
a bit sweeter than the others. I don't really know what the other varieties
are, but I'm guessing they are things like invicta, poorman, and some from
OGW like red george and friend. They vary in productivity, but all have
reddish berries and taste pretty much the same.

I would love something that tasted as good as BV but was a bit more
productive.

z5 se MI

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:52 AM, david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>  I have Spartan, Toro and Jersey blueberries here in Spokane, WA. None of
> them are close to ripeness, and Spartan is listed in Raintree, from which it
> came, as ripe July 1st.
>  NOt this year.
> Dave Liezen
>
>
> > From: ernestplutko@wiktel.com
> > To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:36:38 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Parting is such sweet sorrow
> >
> > If you don't tell us your location your message about blueberries is
> > of no use to growers. My location is zone 2 Minnesota.
> >
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: athagan@atlantic.net
> > To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Parting is such sweet sorrow
> > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:56:17 -0400
> >
> > >That would be North Florida.
> > >
> > >Quoting Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>:
> > >
> > >> You don't tell us where you are.
> > >>
> > >> ---- Original Message ----
> > >> From: athagan@atlantic.net
> > >> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > >> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Parting is such sweet sorrow
> > >> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:40:45 -0400
> > >>
> > >>> Last weekend we picked the last of the blueberries for the year.
> > >>> Next
> > >>> weekend I'll put more brooder bedding around the bushes to feed
> > >them
> > >>>
> > >>> until next winter when I'll give them some more.
> > >>>
> > >>> It's up to our northern growers to carry the 2011 blueberry banner
> > >>> now!
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