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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Maxine's selections are the same species as Berry Blue, Blue Belle, Borealis, 
etc., but they come from different parts of the native range.  Maxine's 
material comes from the Japanese part of the native range whereas the other 
cultivars are derived primarily from Siberian germplasm.
 
In areas with long, high-chill winters, or areas prone to a mid-winter thaw, 
the Siberian material is often not well adapted because it is relatively 
lower chill.  Here in the Pacific Northwest, it's chilling requirement is 
satisfied by early January or earlier and it decides that it is warm enough 
to wake up and start growing despite the fact that high temperatures are in 
the 40s.  As a result, they bloom when there are few pollinators available 
for them and they really don't do very well.  Sometimes I've seen these types 
even wake up in early winter after an early fall cold spell followed by a 
return to more seasonal weather.  Maxine's material appears to either have a 
higher chilling requirement or have a higher threshold temperature for 
resuming growth following chilling.
 
Michael

Michael Dossett
Mission, British Columbia
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com
 

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Subject: Re: [nafex] Honeyberries (haskaps; edible blue-honeysuckle) - worth 
growing Zone 6b/7a?
  
I thought the ones of Maxine Thompson's were of a different species 
of honeyberry than the cultivars Berry Blue, Blue Belle and Borealis 
from Canada. Can anyone confirm this? 

It was the late Lon Rombough that had tested some of Maxine's 
honeyberry of which I remember had  no overlap in bloom period 
in the mild western (marine influence) climates. I'm not sure if this 
has anything to do with how they bloom in the east but I think here 
both of them can be productive. 

BTW: I have a garden in northern Fairbanks Alaska with the "Blue Sky" 
culivar. It had this growing as an isolated plant for a few years and 
recently it decided to sow fruits for me for the first time. I compared 
the flavors to other Borialis and Tundra varieties found else where in 
Fairbanks. In all respects they compete the same in flavor and quality 
and taste some where between the likes of blueberry and raspberry 
mixed together. 

Rupert.

> I've got a couple hundred seedlings from Maxine Thompsons
> program growing and they really do vary a lot flavour-wise. I had a
> taste testing of about 20 seedlings and the three cultivars Berry
> Blue, Blue Belle and Borealis. Of these Blue Belle took last prize-
> sour and bitter-pretty much not worth eating- while Borealis took
> first prize, really nice- sweet but not bland. Berry blue was quite
> flavourfull but not sweet. 

> Kristine
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Hi,


I'm looking for scion-wood of Munson's Plum cv. 'Wild Goose' - Prunus 
munsoniana.  Does anyone know someone who might have this cutlivar or another 
cultivar (other than an open-pollinated seedling of this variety, and other 
than the cultivar 'Late Goose' which is really a selection of a subspecies of 
P. munsoniana - ARS has it)?


Thank's to Bob Purvis, I found someone who owns the 'Wild Goose' cultivar of 
Munson's Plum - the (once) owner of the tree lives in Virginia and was a 
NAFEX member 10 years ago.  However, after a phone conversation, I found out 
that he cut down the tree.




Thank you,
Steve NJ