To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] cornus officinalis
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:41:39 -0800
I would be interested in reading such a discussion, or at least, a
compilation, as last month I tried to differentiate several Cornus
mas and a tree labelled Cornus officinalis 'Issai Minari' . Leaves,
bark, and fruit all looked the same, except fruit was a bit later on
the officinalis than on the mas. I took a magnifier to search the
underside of leaf veins for little clumps of hairs that C.
officinalis is supposed to have, but couldn't see them on our tree.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil