http://www.bobdunn.com/dunnbob/wordpress/2011/02/goodby-to-the-pomegranates/
Ed Laivo
December 3, 2011 at 11:18 am #
In all fairness,
I am the one responsible for naming the varieties from the Wolfskill germplasium repository, including A Lavins many great selections. As a matter of fact I had wrote that the intention was to release these varieties under market names to help Dave Wilson Nursery recapture the funds spent on researching pomegranates for 6 years before the release. The information you received off of the Garden Web site was incorrect. It was my intention to release Parfyanka in the first offering (there were 2 that followed) and I shared my desire to name it Garnet Sash with but a very few people a year before the release. The amount of cutting wood available was not sufficient so I had another variety released as GS. There was never any mention of Parfyanka at that point. One of the people who was privy to the early consideration writes on the Garden Web site you linked. They were not a part of the release. I am sorry that your experience was bad. I do agree with Rick that the selection might not be adapted to your climate as it is a wonderful RED selection in the dryer California climate. I would add that I could not have told you not to plant any of the selections including Parfyanka due to there inability to adapt to high humidities. I did many test on the released selection but we did none connected with humidity tolerance. I hope the Florida supplier was able to supply a suitable selection, because I do agree that Poms are a Wonderful Fruit
Ed Laivo
Former Sales and Marketing Director For Dave Wilson Nursery