To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] MisIdentification: Goumi vs. Autum Olive
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:48:37 -0600
Hi John,
I can promise you a true
Goumi from Hidden Sprngs Nursery (catalog online) if they still have any.
We've been growing and propagating for 26 years. Hector Black, zone 6
middle tenn.
Subject: [NAFEX] MisIdentification: Goumi
vs. Autum Olive
I've been trying to establish some goumi plants for more
than a decade. I've twice now planted so-called goumis from
reputable North Wast mail-order nurseries, grown them out and upon
fruiting, discovered them to be fall fruiting Autumn Olives instead of
the spring fruiting Goumis. It is easy to tell the difference from
the appearance and timing of the fruit.
Today I received the 2011
print catalog from Raintree and found them using a picture of Autumn
Olives for Goumis and the description indicating that goumis fruit in
August instead of the correct timing of "spring". I go on-line and
find that the on-line picture of goumi is, instead, a picture of red
fruited Cornelian Cherry.
I just wanted to share with the list
that North West nurseries (more than one) are selling mis-identified
Elaeagnus, at least to me, and from the current print catalog of
Raintree, appear to be continuing the practice.
Anything I can do
to fix this problem? Does anybody on the list have contacts in the
area with Raintree that could give them the word about this
problem? I've sent emails but no longer have confidence that the
replacement Goumi that I'm to receive this spring will actually be a
ture Goumi. I don't want to spend an additional 5 years to find
out this is another Autumn
Olive.
Thanks
John
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