permaculture

["Thomas Howe" <trhowe13@hotmail.com>]

Hi!  According to my horticultural resources, Cornus mas will grow from 
zones 4-8, quite a wide variety of ranges.

Tom Howe

> From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Cornus mas
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 15:56:40 -0500
>
> Harald,
>
>
> Harald und Margit Wedig wrote:
>
> > Greetings from the netherlands to all of you!
> > Can someone tell me names of sweet varieties of Cornus mas
>
> You may already have this data from Cornucopia: Sourcebook of Edible Plants 
> (which, if
> you haven't got, is a must have title for every Pcist's bookshelf and can 
> be ordered
> from the Permaculture Activist) which lists 6 cultivars of Cornus Mas as 
> follows:
> Bulgarian: deep scarlet to violet, high in sugar, excellent flavor, small
> stone.(Available from Eppler Ltd, Po Box 16513, Seattle Wa, USA 98116, 
> 206-932-2211)
> Cream: Creamy skin, lighter flesh, Excellent quality (same source as above)
> Golden Glory: Edible red fruits(from Carroll Gardens, PO Box 310, 
> Westminster, MD 21157
> USA, 301-848-5422 or Holbrook Rarm and Nursery, Rt. 2, Box 223B, Fletcher, 
> NC, USA
> 28732, 704-891-7790)
> Romanian: Large, spherical fruit, bright red, lighter flesh, high in sugar, 
> delicately
> glavored, quality excellent, highly productive. (see Eppler above)
> Russian Giant: Very large, barrel-shaped fruit, deep scarlet, flesh lighter 
> scarlet,
> high in sugar, excellent flavor, small stone. (Eppler)
> Yellow: Yellow skin, lighter yellow flesh, excellent quality. (Eppler)
>
> They sound very yummy. I wish I had direct experience, but that will have 
> to wait 'til
> my crop comes in. I, too, would like to hear from folks who have actually 
> tasted any of
> these cultivars.
>
> > and Mahonia aquifolium.
>
> Cornucopia lists 6 species of Mahonia (no cultivars) of which I have 
> sampled only the
> longleaf oregon grape (M. nervosa), which was tasty but very sour. I have 
> also sampled
> fruit from M. lomariifolia which tasted pretty much the same.
>
> > I am interested in your own experience with the fruit and not what you
> > have read about it;
> > if you ever ate normal Mahonia aquifolium berries because you read
> > somewhere that they are tasty, you will know what I mean:-)
> > I have knowlegde about some interesting species and varieties, that I
> > collected in eastern Germany and other east European countries.
> > I would love to hear from you
> > Harald Wedig
> >
> >
> << keithdj.vcf >>

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