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Subject: Re: [nafex] Mayhaw emerges from US swamps as cultivated fruitdelicacy (Rueters)
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 15:59:13 -0500
We have just finished the Mayhaw harvest here yesterday! Hail and rust got
some, but last 2 year's in a row we won a Gold medal for our mayhaw wine At
the Alabama Wine and grape grower's association.
Topgun
O'Barr
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucky Pittman
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 2:45 PM
To: 'nafex mailing list at ibiblio'
Subject: Re: [nafex] Mayhaw emerges from US swamps as cultivated
fruitdelicacy (Rueters)
I gathered a gallon of fruit this weekend, from beneath the 4 little mayhaws
that I grafted onto native C.crus-galli understock several years ago; more
to ripen over the next week or so.
Some years, cedar-hawthorn rust takes a lot of the fruit, but this year, CHR
damage is minimal.
Originally started out with several named cultivars - Texas Star, Big Red,
Duck Lake, Turkey Haw, Royalty - but I long ago lost the IDs - but they
still make tasty, pretty jelly.
Apple serviceberries(A.x grandiflora) are in full harvest mode right now,
A.alnifolia not far behind. Began picking the first mulberries of the
season over the weekend.