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[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

We've been growing Cornus mas for over 20 years here in middle TN, considered 
zone 6.  We have trees from several different countries - Crimea and Turkey, 
Bulgaria, and some of unknown origin.  There has ben a puzzle regarding 
anthacnose.  Some trees are completely free of it, and others in an orchard 
setting get it with various degrees of damage.  (At least I'm presuming it is 
anthracnose - the foliage gets dark lesions and is distorted).  I'm wondering 
if there is some relationship between location with other trees which harbor 
the disease, and locations which are more isolated.  The disease free trees 
are out of the main orchard.  They produce heavily..  Those in the orchard - 
the row of trees from Crimea are the worse hit.  Another row maybe 250 ft 
away, same cultivars,  has much less damage.  The damage seems to occur 
primarily on the lower branches.  We still get a reasonable amount of fruit 
even from the diseased trees.
      I think the older trees which occur in parks etc. were planted as 
ornamentals.  Their very early bloom is a pleasant sight.  Flowers seem to be 
extremely cold hardy.  We've had fruit after 9 deg. F.  The bracts seem to 
close over the fruit when extreme cold hits.
       We've found a syrup made of the fruit to be and extraordinarily 
delicious flavor over vanilla ice cream or yogurt.
       Hector Black, zone 6 middle TN


On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Louis Pittman wrote:

> Betsy,
> C.mas does well here in southern west-central KY - about 70 mi NW of
> Nashville TN.  To a boy from UCLA(upper corner of lower Alabama), it seems
> like the frigid northland, but I guess some folks consider KY to be in the
> Southeast.
> 
> I don't have any growing, but there are three large C.mas trees(I presume
> they were unselected seedlings) planted in a public park here - have
> probably been in place at least since the 1980s.  No evidence of
> anthracnose, or powdery mildew for that matter, and they fruit heavily
> every year, despite blooming VERY early in the season.
> 
> Lucky Pittman
> Hopkinsville, KY
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn 
> <ehilborn@mebtel.net>wrote:
> 
>> John and Matt,
>> 
>> Thanks for your input. It was interesting to see C. mas with less
>> anthracnose susceptibility in the trial, contrary to what I had been
>> reading.
>> 
>> I guess no one on the list is growing it in the SE..
>> 
>> Betsy
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