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[Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>]

Betsy,
Three seedling (I presume) C.mas trees along the 'riverwalk' here in the
metropolis of Hopkinsville, KY.   I'm sure there's not a half-dozen folks
in town here that even know what they are, much less that the fruits are
edible.
Rob Hamilton was by here once, back around 2001, when they were fruiting, I
think...

I've shared fruits with coworkers/friends.  Not very well received.
As you may know, some have likened them to 'cranberry-flavored cardboard...
with astringency'.   However, I do like them - even before they're soft and
fully ripened.

Many of my pears are breaking dormancy now, as well....

LLP

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
wrote:

> Mas fruit. Sounds like my kind of tree!
>
> I am eagerly anticipating the arrival of an "Elegant' and a "Red Dawn". I
> finally found/freed up two proximate partially shaded site that I think
> will suit these trees.
>
> Wish me luck! The growing conditions are getting so unpredictable here:
> bats flying around on Christmas eve, my first Swallowtail butterfly on
> March 8, and my Keiffer pear flowering now!
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC
>
>
> On 3/15/2016 5:35 PM, Dr. Lucky Pittman wrote:
>
>> C.mas in full bloom here in KY right now.
>>
>> Saw a post on Facebook one night last week... nice photo, with caption
>> "Cornus mas fruit" , and underneath, the 'see translation hypertext'...
>> clicked on it... "Cornus more fruit"... from Spanish....
>> Duh.  I knew 'mas' meant 'more' in el Espanol... but I'm not certain that
>> that  is where that specific epithet came from.
>>
>> Lucky Pittman
>> Hopkinsville, KY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sam (MPCA)
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>> Subject: [nafex] Ancient Fruit Cornelian Cherry Warrants a Comeback (ABC
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>> Chron.com
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>> Summer and fall also bring fruits, which, unknown to most people, are
>> edible. The fruits - oval, fire-engine red, with a single stone - look a
>> lot
>> like ...
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