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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

Sorry, central NY state, Ithaca, zone 5. We're neighbors, Rivka.


Melissa



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Melissa, where are you?

You may have stated this in some other post, but I can't keep track. (If you 
use a signature for your email, it can help to put general location info in 
the signature.)



-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



On Jan 19, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Melissa Kacalanos wrote:

Sarah and all,
>
>Some of the wild strawberries around here are white. (This means that the 
>local creatures think that white means ripe when it comes to strawberries, 
>and eat my cultivated strawberries before they get anywhere near ripe.) If 
>you like, Sarah, I could save seeds from these white strawberries this June 
>and send them to you. (I could also send plants to people in the US who want 
>them.) The plants and berries are bigger than the usual Fragaria vesca 
>(which we also have in abundance as a lawn plant, with tiny red berries.) I 
>think this white-fruited strawberry might be the local version of F. 
>virginiana. The plants send out lots of runners. When ripe, it's easy to 
>pull the fruit off the calyx, so they're definitely different from this 
>pineberry, which is shown with the calyx attached in the pictures. They're 
>tasty, but I like my 'Mara de Bois' better.
>
>I'm also growing NW 90054-37 = PI 641196, a "black" (actually 
>disappointingly maroon) strawberry I got from Corvallis. 
>
>http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/53581500/catalogs/fradark.html
>
>It's a nice strawberry, just not as distinctive as I was hoping. US folks, 
>let me know if you'd like a plant of that, as it's sending out lots of 
>runners.
>
>Melissa
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I read this in the current issue of "The Avant Gardener" and wonder if any
of you have knowledge or experience with this propagation program.
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"New breeding work in Serbia is reviving interest in columnar apples.
'Smaragd', the first introduction from the University of Novi Sad (21000
Novi Sad, Serbia), is a cross of 'Granny Smith' x 'Wijcik'.  The green
fruits are described as having "fine, crisp, juicy white flesh" with
fine-grained texture and taste superior to 'Granny Smith'.  The tree grows
erect and densely columnar, with large and leathery leaves.  Depending on
rootstock, 'Smaragd' can grow to about 5 feet in the ground or shorter in
pots.

'Smaragd' is not patented, and limited quantities of budwood for commercial
propagation are being released by the University."

Doreen G. Howard
gardendiva@charter.net
Read my blog at The Old Farmers Almanac site:
http://www.almanac.com/gardening/blog