I just heard a different point of view on this discussion. A fellow from one of the big tree care companies, speaking at the Connecticut Urban Forest Council annual conference, suggested we shouldn't give up so easily. He said we should plant the natives anyway, realizing that they have a pretty fair chance of picking up the disease. Then we should take care of them and deal with the disease when it appears. As a guy with a large afflicted dogwood in his back yard (it's about 14-16" dbh), I wouldn't give it up for anything, even though I have to keep removing dead limbs. There isn't any substitute for that wonderful white cloud.
JH Jack N. Hale Executive Director Knox Parks Foundation 75 Laurel Street Hartford, CT 06106 860/951-7694 f860/951-7244 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Craig Tufts Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] Re: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #1237 - 2 msgs Back on the dogwood disease thread. It's my understanding that kousa harbors but is not affected by the anthracnose as do the hybrids. As more and more of these trees capable of holding and spreading the disease are planted, the picture looks bleaker and bleaker for the native species, C. florida in the East and C. nuttallii in the west. Dogwood berries contain more fat calories than virtually any other native fruit in their range. Migrant songbirds depend on them in order to build energy reserves for their migration to the southern US, Central and South America for the winter. Craig Tufts >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/23/02 01:00PM >>> Send community_garden mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the web, visit https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of community_garden digest..." Today's Topics: 1. dogwoods (a.h.steely) 2. Re: dogwoods (Libby J. Goldstein) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "a.h.steely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:56:58 -0500 charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [cg] dogwoods The anthracnose is supposed to be some foreign thing that came in accidentally. The native dogwoods are being affected. Our instructor at the native species class said that if you dig in compost and find a tree that is free of anthracnose sometimes you can keep the tree growing. However, we are in the relative countryside compared to NYC. The environmental onslaught would kill me so I understand the "tree in Brooklyn" checking out. Helen Steely Hbg., Pa. --__--__-- Message: 2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:24:15 -0500 To: "a.h.steely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Libby J. Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [cg] dogwoods In these parts (Philadelphia region), most folk are recommending and planting Cornus kousa or its hybrids with C. florida since they seem to be fairly resistant to anthracnose. I think one can eat the fruit too...or at least make jam with it. Libby --__--__-- ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden End of community_garden Digest ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
