To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Illinois Everbearing
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:34:23 -0500
Illinois Everbearing is a very vigorous grower.
Someone on this list, or in POMONA, years ago, made the comment that
trying to prune/train Illinois Everbearing was like trying to train a
firehose. I agree.
But, to me, that's one of its endearing features, in addition to its
heavy production of extremely tasty berries. You can plant a small
specimen, and in a very short timeframe, you'll have a nice, large
productive tree.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY