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From: Bob.Batson@mtask.omahug.org (Bob Batson)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Shade Tolerant Fruit
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Date: 22 Nov 93 12:52:29 CST
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U14371@uicvm.uic.edu (Hans Goeckner) writes:

 > In article <CF3zD7.2qG@sugar.NeoSoft.COM>, claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron
 >  Laird)
 > says:
 > >
 > >In article <1993Oct17.164629.24966@news.unomaha.edu>
 >  jwoods@cwis.unomaha.edu
 > >(Jay Arthur Woods) writes:
 > >>
 > >>I looking for suggestions on shade tolerant fruit bearing plants.  I
 >  have
 > >>purchased a lot with lots of trees on it and I'd like to interplant
 >  with
 > >>an understory of fruits and nuts that will be happy in light to medium
 > >>shade.  This is in Omaha, Nebraska.  I'm willing to irrigate but I
 >  can't
 > >>control the cold.
 > >>
 > >My favorites:  berries.  Currants have rewarded me ...
 >  My choice has been thimbleberries (Rubus odoratus or R. parviflorous?)
 > They are quite common in Keweenah Co., in the Upper Peninsula
 > of Michigan, where I first saw them. The two mailorder sources of
 > them I know are Bear Creek Nursery in Northport, WA, and Little
 > Valley Farm in Spring Green, WI. I don't have the addresses handy
 > just now but can get them if you're interested.

According to the _Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory, Second Edition_ by Kent
Whealy (ISBN 0-882424-51-4), Rubus odoratus is the Buffalo Currant or the
Clove Currant, while Rubus parviflorous is the Thimbleberry. It's
described as "... a native American raspberry. Small, reddish orange
berries. Seedy and sparse, but very tasty. Young shoots were eaten by
Native Americans in the spring. Attractive, untemperamental, low
suckering, nearly thornless shrub grows 2-5 foot tall. Soft, fuzzy,
maple-shaped leaves up to 8 inches accross turn yellow in the fall. Large,
2 inch, white petaled flowers crinkled like muslin. Prefers damp, well
drained, shady sites. Requires minimum annual precipitation of 20 inches.
Hardy to [USDA] zone 3. Native from Alaska to Michigan, southward to
Mexico."

        BEAR CREEK NURSERY                      [CAT - $1US, refundable]
        PO Box 411H
        Northport, WA 99157
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        LITTLE VALLEY FARM                      [CAT - First Class Stamp]
        Rt. 1, Box 287
        Richland Center, WI 53581
        Tel: 608-935-3324
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        BURNT RIDGE NURSERY                     [CAT - First Class Stamp]
        432 Burnt Ridge Rd.
        Onalaska, WA 98570
        Tel: 206-985-2873
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        FORESTFARM NURSERY                      [CAT - $3US]
        990 Tetherow Rd.
        Williams, OR 97544
        Tel: 503-846-7269
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BTW - If you're interested in nut species adaptable to Nebraska, send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to NEBRASKA NUT GROWERS ASSN., Bill
Gustafson, 122 Mussehl Hall-U of NE, Lincoln, NE 68583-0716 for their
latest price list.


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