Named variety Aronia & Serviceberry (Saskatoon) hardwood cuttings

General Fruit Growing
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I’m interested in rooting hardwood cuttings of these. Does or will anyone have any available?

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Any varieties in particular?

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No varieties in particular. I’m still learning more about them. I’d prefer varieties that are best eating qualities and thrive in south central MN zone 4b.

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Nevermind. I discovered Honeyberry USA. I’ll probably just order plants from them since they are “local” to me in MN.

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I think they might be seedlings? Though they might mostly be clones if I’m remembering the aronia breeding thread correctly.

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Besides the obvious, is there a difference between seedlings and clones?

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Yes clones are usually cultivars with known positive characteristics like heavy production. Seedlings are unknown how well they will do , when and how many blooms is unknown. Taste and ripening times not known most plants from Honeyberries USA sells mostly clones of named cultivars.

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I love HBUSA. I’ve gotten stuff from them multiple times (no aronia tho) and always been happy with my plants.

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Serviceberry seedlings aren’t guaranteed to be the same as their mother although it’s common for tetraploid serviceberries (which are common) to have produce a fairly large number of seeds that are identical to the mother genetically. But there tends to be a fraction that are sexually produced and thus will have variable traits. while clones (referring to plants propagated without involving seeds) are pretty much guaranteed to be the same

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