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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

Wow, Mayhaws are ripe that early? When do other hawthorn species ripen
in your area? Around here, most hawthorns don't ripen until Jul, Aug,
Sept. Definitely way after serviceberries, and not an 'early' fruit at
all.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Lucky Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu> 
wrote:
> I gathered a gallon of fruit this weekend, from beneath the 4 little mayhaws
> that I grafted onto native C.crus-galli understock several years ago; more
> to ripen over the next week or so.
> Some years, cedar-hawthorn rust takes a lot of the fruit, but this year, CHR
> damage is minimal.
> Originally started out with several named cultivars - Texas Star, Big Red,
> Duck Lake, Turkey Haw, Royalty - but I long ago lost the IDs - but they
> still make tasty, pretty jelly.
>
> Apple serviceberries(A.x grandiflora) are in full harvest mode right now,
> A.alnifolia not far behind.  Began picking the first mulberries of the
> season over the weekend.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> Hopkinsville, KY
>
>
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