On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 18:17:06 +0000, Rod wrote:

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 18:05:52 +0000, Robert wrote:


http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TM...elanchier.html

Nice one - well drained acid soil needed with preferably a bit of shelter
from cold winds.


A "cold wind" in Ohio is very different from a "cold wind" in the
British Isles. Anyone disputing this concept will be sent to
Toledo for the winter.

Also take heart in the fact that Amelanchier alnifolia grows in
the Canajun prairie provinces.

Nice plant: good flowers in spring and edible fruit in
summer/fall.

cooking "service berries" or "saskatoons", as they are known:
pies. There are culinary cultivars.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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