To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Edible Hawthorns
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 11:36:40 -0500
For those list members who have no hope whatsoever of getting mayhaws to
survive or fruit, our own Richard Fahey, of the Christian Homesteading
Movement, in Oxford, NY has described a 'Cherry Hawthorn' that he selected,
which is thornless(or mostly so), produces a large(for a hawthorn) berry,
has not been bothered by rust, and comes true from seed. Richard offers
both scions and fruit - from which you can grow your own seedlings.
He had an article on it in the Fall 2000 issue of POMONA, as well as
several earlier articles( in '97 & '98, if I recall correctly) on exploring
and harvesting hawthorn fruits & leaves.