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[Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>]

Morus nigra will not grow in Ohio. I've grown it in pots here in NY's Hudson 
Valley and tasted it in Davis California. I consider it among the 
best-tasting of all fruits, with a good acid/sugar balance and so much flavor 
that each fruit seems like it should be the size of an orange.

My favorite persimmons are Szukis and Mohler. Both are reliable and bear 
sweet, richly flavored fruits with little or no astringency.

Blueberries are my most reliable crop: my 30' by 30' planting has 16 bushes 
and yields over 180 quarts from late June until early September. All that's 
needed is to get the soil right and keep birds at bay. My bushes grow in a 
walk-in netted cage.

Pears are also quite easy, as are most other berries (gooseberries, currants, 
etc.)

Lee Reich, PhD
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On Nov 26, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Robert Bruns wrote:

> I agree about American persimmons and gooseberries.  Both are
> relatively trouble-free.  With regard to persimmons, Morris Burton and
> Yates are considered some of the best-tasting, as are many of the
> Claypool varieties.  I don't care much for Meader (pumpkin-like taste
> and texture).  Invicta and Poorman gooseberries have done well for me.
> They are very sweet if you wait until they are dark red, nearly
> purple.
> 
> Pawpaw has been disease-free.  Rebecca's Gold is large and
> Pennsylvania Golden is early; both have excellent taste.
> 
> Red or yellow raspberries have done well for me.  In my opinion, the
> best-tasting is Rosanna, with an intense raspberry taste.  It usually
> only bears in the summer, but sometimes has a fall crop if spring and
> summer have been unusually warm, like this year.  I also like Fall
> Gold: very sweet with a milder taste.  Raspberries do get moldy if the
> weather is wet.
> 
> Collier mulberry hasn't done well for me.  Other people here have had
> success with Illinois Everbearing, but I haven't tried it.
> 
> I expect my conditions are fairly similar to those in SW Ohio.
> 
> Fred Bruns
> Central Indiana
> Zone 5b
> 
> On 11/26/12, Lucky Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
>> Oops.  Knew I'd forget something -
>> Mulberries!
>> Illinois Everbearing is hard to beat, IMO - though it doesn't work for
>> everyone.  Collier was good here, Wellington is crappy (for me)- not worth
>> picking, and has a trashy growth habit.  I've seen good reports on other
>> M.rubraXalba hybrids, like David Smith Everbearing, Stearns, etc.
>> Never had a bad M.rubra fruit; some M.albas, however, even the birds won't
>> eat.
>> Never have had a chance to sample M.nigra - and doubt it'll survive in
>> Ohio.
>> 
>> Lucky
>> 
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