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[Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net>]

mIEKAL,

How did these elderberries ("Bob Gordon"&  "Wyldewood") work for you this 
year?
I got a few cups from my one Johns and Wild Elderberry which are two years old
but not planted in a particularly great location.

Are these varieties available to buy (mail-order)?  If so, where?

Dan



On 5/1/2011 7:02 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> I saw this guy speak a couple months ago&  his presentation&  what he
> is attempting is pretty impressive.  The two new varieties that they
> are distributing 'Bob Gordon'&  "Wyldewood" look to be good additions
> to the elderberry options.  He showed photos of the fruit production
> on these new varieties&  the sprays of flowers/fruit were 2-3 times
> larger than what I'm used to with Adams/Nova/John.  I was impressed
> enough that I bought a couple bundles of cuttings of each&  have them
> potted up in the greenhouse.
>
> I was also delighted that he emphasized that these new varieties are
> open-source&  there would be no attempt to restrict their use.  I
> don't know of any patented elderberry varieties so maybe this is not
> an issue.
>
> The biggest takeaway from the presentation was that he cuts back all
> his elderberries every winter&  has greatly increased production.
> Gets rid of old unproductive wood&  it rejuvenates the crowns.  He
> showed some numbers&  the results noticeably higher.  I hadn't
> realized how easy they propagate from cuttings, I cut back a couple
> bushes as an experiment&  I quickly generated a couple hundred
> cuttings..
>
> One last point from the presentation that caught my attention is that
> he said 90% of all elderberry project was imported from Europe&  was a
> big impetus from his formation of the elderberry co-op in Missouri.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Lon J. Rombough<lonrom@hevanet.com>  wrote:
> > > http://elderberrylife.com/index.html