Morris Burton growing well

Thanks for posting the picture. Hope you will add a few more pictures as the fruit matures. My Morris Burton grew up to about 6.5 feet. I’m going to push it to send out limbs next year.

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All my Morris Burton dropped. The last one dropped about 3 weeks after everyone else. A slow, painful dead.

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Unfortunately one of the fruits dropped. I guess I jinxed myself by talking about it.
Two more are holding on and I hope they stay on.

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Put in MB last year myself. They say it is a massive cropper.

Misery loves company. I watched 5 astringents (american and asian) drop everything. Think I have like 6 Hachiya still hanging. Non astringents don’t seem to be as bad in the dropping dept.

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Good luck!

I bet you have no seeds.

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Unfortunately I appear to have jinxed myself. All the fruits had dropped off when I checked this morning.
I dont feel so bad as I have many other new varieties that will likely hold on to be able to try this fall -

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Does anyone know if “Lg Morris Burton” is a different fruit? Or how different? Or whatever really, I grafted an Lg Morris Burton and don’t really know what it is.
Sorry if I’m hijacking the thread a tad.
So far the Lg is growing well, but way too young yet for fruit.

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Is both Lena (aka Mitchellina) and Morris Burton both from Mitchell Indiana?
Basically found around the same time? I think Lena was from a 1955 contest and Morris Burton from a 1957 contest.

Think the Lena article is from 1955.

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