[NorthernWinos]

Sounds like that would be good on ice cream.

[kutya]

Never had it on ice cream, but it does sound good. jh

[Cracked Cork]

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/hortiscope/shrub/junebrry.htm

NW, We have planted a few too to see what the fruit would do here in WV, unfourtunately I have them interplanted with cedars, following your information about them being related to apples and your orange rust I think I am going to be SOL too having them interplanted with cedars. We havent had any fruit yet but cedar trees are like weeds around here. There are some apple trees suppposed to be resistant to cedar apple rust, some of our apples get it bad and some dont seem to be bothered much. Crackedcork

[NorthernWinos]

Thanks for the information....


We have wild Junipers growing around here...we have removed almost all of them as they were out in a pasture, however our neighbors pasture is covered with them


I did some reading on Cedar-Rust disease and see thathawthorn is also a host to this disease, we have a plant we call Thorn Apple, that is everywhere...so that could be the culprit to the fungus that grows on our berries....The fungus looks like what is on this plant...kind of fuzzy.


I think that I am going to remove the mulch from under the big bush and spray with a fungiscide...by reading some information a rose fungicide is listed, maybe grape fungicide might work too.





Here is some info on Cedar-Rust...
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3055.html


Disease resistant apples...looks like most of the ones we have planted are less likely to be infected.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/projects/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/p222cedarapple.html


Interesting reading here...
http://www.gardenline.usask.ca/fruit/rust.html


http://www.gardenline.usask.ca/trees/Saskatoon-JuniperRust.html


I have native Juneberry plants that came from the county nursery to be planted for wildlife...I see that catalogs are offering hybreds...wonder if they are more disease resisitant....I imagine you bought from a nursery, so maybe yours will not be disease suseptable...Good luck and keep us Posted on how they do.


Love your Elderberry WebSite....

Edited by: Northern Winos

[NorthernWinos]

Well...first thing this morning...after reading about Juniper-rust I went out and cleaned up underneath my biggest bush..... guess like grapes that are susceptible to fungus...sanitation is important. I sprayed with a fungicide and see a few little black fungus knots on branches, will go and cut those off.


Maybe this year that nice crop of berries will not go to waste.

[NorthernWinos]

Juneberries appear to have pollinated well, lots of little fruits...now if I succeed with a spray program will get some fruit for a gallon or two....