My first male order is Cudrania tricuspidata
My second order should arrive soon Rare fruits, unique or hard to find nuts , etc. website https://ardealandproject.com/feralwood-shop
My seedless females are
“The original melonberry planted here many years ago was a seedling, and as such it has stayed true to its thicket-forming habit. It boasts fruit with wonderful flavor. They are very sweet, with a flavor that merges those of a fig and a watermelon.
Many people prefer to graft melonberry onto osage orange root stock so that the tree does not form its species-typical thicket. Well, I happen to be a thicket lover, and so what I currently offer is that melonberry which will, over the course of a few years, began to spread through suckers. Of course, there are methods to deter this, such as planting the melonberry in an area that will be regularly mowed around or has other buffers to spreading. I see their ideal habitat being along the forest edge, utilizing the space between the forest and the field.
Young growth will have thorns, and these thorns will fade away as growth matures.
Plant details:
Genus & species: Maclura tricuspidata
Hardiness: Zone 5 to zone 9
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Soil type: Tolerant of a variety of soils, well-drained
Soil moisture: Average to moist”
The plan is planting wild seedling of both males and females for excessive seed. In Kansas survival rate from seed might be 1-10% and thus very quickly give us improved types. Wisdom would tell us to keep the seedless Che females far from the males or we might wind up with thickets of these things. The thickets are just what we have in mind! @tonyOmahaz5 @KS_razerback @steveb4 @smsmith and many others eg. @northof53 can then start growing second or third generation seed that gets its cold hardiness by way of Kansas. Since nobody I know of is actively breeding them at this time I believe it’s time we change that.