"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:43:20 -0500, echinosum
wrote:


I have the compacta garden variety of A unedo in my garden which in
theory stays small, but fruits less abundantly, so I don't get a lot of
fruit. But of what I have got, I have found "unedo" appropriate. I find
Cornus kousa a much tastier unusual edible, showy red berries about the
same size as arbutus berries.

I've read that A.unedo isn't self-fertile and solitary plants may not
fruit well. Many years ago (like 40), a Cornish nursery of repute
(Treseders) used to sell one they called A.u. hermaphroditus,
described as self-fertile.


Here in our small Wilts town an Arbutus unedo has been growing in the local
cemetery for decades. It is an unusual tree in that it has fruits and
flowers on it at the same time, and although it has a lot of fruits they
don't taste very interesting. Must be the climate.

someone