I saw this guy speak a couple months ago& his presentation& what he
is attempting is pretty impressive. The two new varieties that they
are distributing 'Bob Gordon'& "Wyldewood" look to be good additions
to the elderberry options. He showed photos of the fruit production
on these new varieties& the sprays of flowers/fruit were 2-3 times
larger than what I'm used to with Adams/Nova/John. I was impressed
enough that I bought a couple bundles of cuttings of each& have them
potted up in the greenhouse.
I was also delighted that he emphasized that these new varieties are
open-source& there would be no attempt to restrict their use. I
don't know of any patented elderberry varieties so maybe this is not
an issue.
The biggest takeaway from the presentation was that he cuts back all
his elderberries every winter& has greatly increased production.
Gets rid of old unproductive wood& it rejuvenates the crowns. He
showed some numbers& the results noticeably higher. I hadn't
realized how easy they propagate from cuttings, I cut back a couple
bushes as an experiment& I quickly generated a couple hundred
cuttings..
One last point from the presentation that caught my attention is that
he said 90% of all elderberry project was imported from Europe& was a
big impetus from his formation of the elderberry co-op in Missouri.
~mIEKAL
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Lon J. Rombough<lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
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