Re: [nafex] strawberry info

Hi Henry,

The musk strawberry Fragaria moschata is super cold hardy.
In my grad school days in Ontario, I recall we had a freak early winter rainfall that fell on frozen ground.
Plants stayed imbedded in ice most of the winter.
This killed off a huge % strawberries, but not F. Mochata. It did fine.

Its musky flavor is somewhat like concord grapes.
Berries can be as big as an inch.
It has 6 chromosomes while regular strawberries have 8.
Although an accession or two have complete flowers, mostly they have male and female plants. So that would be problematic to sell both types.
I'm not sure where to get them commercially.
I got some from the genebank in Corvallis years ago. I don't have them anymore.

Cheers,


Bob Bors, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Head of the Fruit Program
Dept. of Plant Sciences
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8 Canada
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I buy plants for the Friends School Plant Sale in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Strawberries were very popular last year and sold out quickly, so we want to add some new varieties.

A customer requested the European musk strawberry, but none of us know anything about it.

Specifically, we want to know if it would be a good candidate for mid-continental Zone 4.

--Henry Fieldseth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
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Re: [nafex] strawberry info

I have grown it in zone 4b. It is beautiful in bloom but needs a protected location and good mulch in winter. It is. A very pretty plant

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> On Aug 4, 2022, at 10:33 PM, Henry via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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>  I buy plants for the Friends School Plant Sale in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
>
> Strawberries were very popular last year and sold out quickly, so we want to add some new varieties.
>
> A customer requested the European musk strawberry, but none of us know anything about it.
>
> Specifically, we want to know if it would be a good candidate for mid-continental Zone 4.
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
> http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
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[nafex] strawberry info

I buy plants for the Friends School Plant Sale in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Strawberries were very popular last year and sold out quickly, so we want to add some new varieties.

A customer requested the European musk strawberry, but none of us know anything about it.

Specifically, we want to know if it would be a good candidate for mid-continental Zone 4.

--Henry Fieldseth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
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[nafex] contact info

I have been in contact with Hal Barkdull via the NAFEX facebook group.

Because of their new Facebook Protect, i have been locked out of facebook.

Do any of you have Hal's email address?

--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4, apples blooming now
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Re: [nafex] nafex Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1

I didn't see Jay's post. Looks like our medlars have the same problem.

Lee
Lee Reich, PhD
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http://www.leereich.com/blog <http://www.leereich.com/blog>
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Books by Lee Reich:
•The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden
•A Northeast Gardener's Year
•The Pruning Book
•Weedless Gardening
•Uncommon Fruits for every Garden
•Landscaping with Fruit
•Grow Fruit Naturally
°New!! Growing Figs in Cold Climates

> On Dec 16, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As with Shelley, I had best luck leaving them on the tree, and picking up
> the ones that fall daily. That lasted into January. So medlars far and
> away the latest 'tree-ripened' fruit we harvest in SW VA.
> Richard Moyer
> Snacking on tree-ripened dates. Harvested last week in Vegas.
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:27:22 -0700
>> Subject: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> Folks,
>>
>> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
>> follow bletting instructions.
>>
>> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
>> brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
>>
>> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
>> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>>
>> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
>> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>>
>> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> Jay Cutts
>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
>> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
>> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
>> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
>> 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Shelley Rogers <shelleyrogers@eml.cc>
>> To: Melissa Kacalanos via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:37:28 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would be curious to hear folks bletting tips as well. I have had the
>> same experience as Jay, bringing medlars indoors to blet. When I have
>> waited until after a hard freeze to harvest, I get a larger proportion of
>> pulpy fruit, but still about half are mealy. This year I left the medlars
>> on the trees until they were fully (or mostly) bletted and that seemed to
>> work best. I didn't get any mealy ones though some ripe fruit did drop to
>> the ground.
>>
>> Shelley
>> NC 7b
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 11:27 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
>>> follow bletting instructions.
>>>
>>> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
>>> brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
>>>
>>> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
>>> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>>>
>>> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
>>> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> Jay Cutts
>>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
>>> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
>>> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
>>> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
>>> 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
>>>
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Re: [nafex] nafex Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1

Has anyone seen what might be rust in the fruits? Basically, for the past few years, all my fruit are inedible, their insides dry and rust colored. Perhaps it's something else. But it is a problem!

Lee
Lee Reich, PhD
Come visit my farmden at
http://www.leereich.com/blog <http://www.leereich.com/blog>
http://leereich.com <http://leereich.com/>

Books by Lee Reich:
•The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden
•A Northeast Gardener's Year
•The Pruning Book
•Weedless Gardening
•Uncommon Fruits for every Garden
•Landscaping with Fruit
•Grow Fruit Naturally
°New!! Growing Figs in Cold Climates

> On Dec 16, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As with Shelley, I had best luck leaving them on the tree, and picking up
> the ones that fall daily. That lasted into January. So medlars far and
> away the latest 'tree-ripened' fruit we harvest in SW VA.
> Richard Moyer
> Snacking on tree-ripened dates. Harvested last week in Vegas.
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:27:22 -0700
>> Subject: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> Folks,
>>
>> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
>> follow bletting instructions.
>>
>> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
>> brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
>>
>> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
>> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>>
>> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
>> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>>
>> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> Jay Cutts
>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
>> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
>> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
>> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
>> 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Shelley Rogers <shelleyrogers@eml.cc>
>> To: Melissa Kacalanos via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:37:28 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would be curious to hear folks bletting tips as well. I have had the
>> same experience as Jay, bringing medlars indoors to blet. When I have
>> waited until after a hard freeze to harvest, I get a larger proportion of
>> pulpy fruit, but still about half are mealy. This year I left the medlars
>> on the trees until they were fully (or mostly) bletted and that seemed to
>> work best. I didn't get any mealy ones though some ripe fruit did drop to
>> the ground.
>>
>> Shelley
>> NC 7b
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 11:27 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
>>> follow bletting instructions.
>>>
>>> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
>>> brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
>>>
>>> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
>>> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>>>
>>> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
>>> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> Jay Cutts
>>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
>>> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
>>> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
>>> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
>>> 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
>>>
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Re: [nafex] nafex Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1

As with Shelley, I had best luck leaving them on the tree, and picking up
the ones that fall daily. That lasted into January. So medlars far and
away the latest 'tree-ripened' fruit we harvest in SW VA.
Richard Moyer
Snacking on tree-ripened dates. Harvested last week in Vegas.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 8:47 AM <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

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> 1. mealy medlars? (Jay Cutts)
> 2. Re: mealy medlars? (Shelley Rogers)
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:27:22 -0700
> Subject: [nafex] mealy medlars?
> Folks,
>
> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
> follow bletting instructions.
>
> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
> brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
>
> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>
> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>
> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
> Jay Cutts
> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
> 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Shelley Rogers <shelleyrogers@eml.cc>
> To: Melissa Kacalanos via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:37:28 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nafex] mealy medlars?
> Hi,
>
> I would be curious to hear folks bletting tips as well. I have had the
> same experience as Jay, bringing medlars indoors to blet. When I have
> waited until after a hard freeze to harvest, I get a larger proportion of
> pulpy fruit, but still about half are mealy. This year I left the medlars
> on the trees until they were fully (or mostly) bletted and that seemed to
> work best. I didn't get any mealy ones though some ripe fruit did drop to
> the ground.
>
> Shelley
> NC 7b
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 11:27 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to
> > follow bletting instructions.
> >
> > Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are
> > brown, dry, and mealy. They have almost no sweetness at all.
> >
> > They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen,
> > they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
> >
> > I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy
> > stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > Jay Cutts
> > Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
> > Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
> > Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
> > Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
> > (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
> > (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
> > 10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days
> >
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