Pick and eat them before the birds do ...enjoy yourself as those bushes will
be around for 45 years or so. Defruiting ???? to what hard fact end ...does
the effort really justify the out come ..eh can't say ..but they do taste
good on my cereal.

God Bless Tom nr Pittsburgh
"Keith Karausky" wrote in message
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George Shirley
t does seem likely to have the effect of diverting resources -
which would otherwise be spent on producing fruit - on growth


I've done a little more research and found a couple of sites that
recommended
removing the buds for the first 2 years. I can't wait that long.