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Re: [nafex] Purple leaves, tasty fruit



P. cistena is a loser here, too.  If you want to learn more, there is a book
devoted entirely to purple leave plums from Timber Press.  I reviewed it
several years ago for POMONA.  Great book, but so specialized it was a total
flop for the publisher.  I have several good purple leaved plums, including
one that holds it's fruit actually into the fall.  Never saw anything like
it before.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, consulting, more, at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom

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>From: "Mark Lee" <piper3@uswest.net>
>To: nafex@egroups.com
>Subject: [nafex] Purple leaves, tasty fruit
>Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2001, 6:40 AM
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>I enjoy purple leaves the landscape.  I keep my eyes open for plants 
>that provide tasty edibles and also have purple leaves.  I have been 
>growing purple leaved kale in my garden for years.  Last year I 
>planted a purple beech in hopes of beating the squirrels to the beech 
>nuts. This tree died from neglect during our dry summer :( so I think 
>I will plant another.
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>While researching cherries recently, I came across Prunus x cistena, 
>purple leaved sand cherry.  It mainly offer ornament in the garden, 
>but a few fruits sometimes show up also.  I noticed that Raintree 
>Nursery offers it.
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>Any experience with Prunus x cistena?  Lon, is this like nanking 
>cherry that doesn't have a chance in the wet Pacific Northwest?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark Lee
>Seattle
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