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Posted by reinbeaux z8 WA State (My Page) on Thu, Sep 9, 04 at 21:14
| Tree is just LOADED with apples this year (unknown variety) Wonderful fall afternoon enjoyed picking apples and getting everything organized before winter. Will be baking pies again tonight while watching the M's get clobbered by Boston. Also looking through the catalogs to decide what edible trees / vines / bushes to add this fall or next spring. Considering some edible dogwoods and some mulberries --- anyone have a suggestion on varieties?
Sunny fall afternoons like this makes one glad to be in the NW! |
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RE: Apples, Apples, Apples
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My experience with dogwoods - C.mas, I've only sampled unnamed seedlings - fruits are very tart & astringent until 'dead ripe' - I like 'em, but many folks don't; C.kousa - the ripe fruits contain a pleasant-tasting, somewhat grainy pulp, with a flavor reminiscent of pawpaw(to me, anyway). I've not had many folks I've shared kousa fruits with who really liked them - but most don't care for pawpaws or persimmons, either.
Mulberries - hard to beat Illinois Everbearing, though I don't know for sure how it performs in the PNW - long bearing season(early June-late July, here), large berries with great flavor & sweet/tart balance. Collier & Stearns are also very good producers with good flavor; I've been disappointed with Wellington. Pakistan, Shangri-La, and some of the other large-fruited M.alba selections might also work well for you in a zone 8 setting. |
RE: Apples, Apples, Apples
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| I have a white mulberry and a weeping mulberry. The white mulberry has been a very poor producer, but is in a part of my 2 acres that is hard to reach with a hose so it hasn't had a lot of water. The weeping mulberry has small berries but nice flavor and shape. I've had a Cornus mas for several years but no blooms or fruit yet. I guess after the apples and pears blueberries are my favorite fruit, followed closely by raspberries. |
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