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[Little John <moonwise_herbs@sbcglobal.net>]

Steve,

Last year one of the varieties that I had a failure on was "Black Plum". John 
Gordon sent me some scions before he died but they were really thick & woody 
and not good for grafting. Maybe some other time I'll come across some scions 
of that variety.

As for the best tasting variety of C.mas I hear that its a variety called 
"Abanos" or "Eppler's Black". Alexander Eppler in Seattle has a collection of 
about 20 varieties and he says thats his best. I got some wood from him this 
year so we'll see how it stacks up in a few years. 

If you want to dream about C.mas here's a good site....
http://cornusmas.eu/pages/strona-glowna/oferta/deren-jadalny-cornus-mas

Happy Grafting,
Little John


"If we do not initiate the boys, they will burn the village down" -African 
Proverb

--- On Thu, 3/14/13, Steven C <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:

From: Steven C <filtertitle@aol.com>
Subject: [nafex] Varieties of Cornelian-cherry
To: "nafex@lists.ibiblio.org" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 8:26 PM

Hi,

What are the "best" varieties of Cornelian-cherry dogwood (Cornus mas)?

I have Yellow(TM) - it's very good.  I hear that Pioneer is the best flavored 
but not a reliable cropper.  I regret missing out on the opportunity to buy 
'Black Plum' - Lee Reich praises this variety.  I see 'Red Dawn' and 
'Sunrise' are newer Ukrainian ones available at a certain nursery..

Thanks,
Steve (NJ) 
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