It also includes
Elaeagnus umbellata, autumn olive
but nothing else in the Elaeagnus genus.
Ginda
On Apr 6, 2014, at 7:23 AM, <dwoodard@becon.org> <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:
> Salmonberry is Rubus spectabilis. Thimbleberry is Rubus parviflorus.
> Raspberries are in the genus Rubus.
>
> Ribes is a different genus, containing the currants and gooseberries.
> Some species of Ribes are forbidden in some places
> because they host white pine blister rust. To the best of my knowledge,
> Rubus species have nothing to do with the rust.
>
> Note that the Siberian black currant Ribes ussuriensis is resistant to
> white pine blister rust, and black currants such as Consort and Titania and
> some others are also resistant, being the results of crosses with Ribes
> ussuriensis. I believe that Consort and its self-sterile siblings Coronet
> and Crusader were products of the first crosses with Ribes ussuriensis and
> a European black currant, by Agriculture Canada at Ottawa, released very
> roughly sixty years ago. Titania and the other resistant cultivars, of
> higher quality, are products of later breeding.
>
> Doug Woodard
> St. Catharines, Ontario
>
>
> On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:27:10 -0400, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Mike Levine wrote:
>>
>>> I'm growing curious about salmonberries. Are there any cultivars
>>> available? Are there any thornless ones? How do the fruit taste? Would
>>> they likely be invasive in SE Michigan (they can get 10' tall) or do they
>>> mostly stay in bounds?
>>
>> Speaking of invasive fruits -- I'm pretty sure they are one of the
>> many species of Ribes that are illegal to plant in my area. I've never
>> seen them growing wild, so I don't know if they are actually invasive.
>>
>> I have seen thimbleberry (which may also be illegal) and that was
>> very tasty, although the fruit was quite small.
>>
>> Ginda
>
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