I don’t have my list handy at the moment, suffice to say I have most varieties available here in the US and some which aren’t. I have also selected those which have performed best for me in terms of staggered ripening between varieties, fruit size and flavor so that I get a continual harvest from September- November
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Ive looked at this nursery in the past. Great descriptions. I wish more of those were available here. That said, the fruit on my seedlings have pretty decent size and flavor.
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We have a few of the varieties planted, none have fruited yet. The Szafer brix of 14%? is the most interesting to me, also the pineapple flavored one. We’ll see when they fruit what my opinion is.
oh yeah i thought it would be funny to share that nursery as it is FAR east of the Mississippi haha.
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I got 2 of my Cornelian cherries from Hidden Springs Nursery in Tennessee. Both arrived healthy with good root systems.
They offer 2 cultivars, Chicago and Bodacious. I’ve had Chicago in the ground for 5 years and despite good flower production the last 2 years, I haven’t got any fruit. Bodacious flowered and fruited a little its first year in the ground, and has continued to increase fruit production each season since.
I just checked their website (Hidden Springs Nursery), and I don’t see any Cornelian cherries offered. So I’m not sure if they’re still selling them. It might be worth emailing them to ask.
I have those HS varieties and they were run of the mill and comparable to seedlings IMO. Some of the better imported and renamed varieties come from OGW. Carya in Poland has an amazing collection and many of course are not available on this side of the pond….
I can collect seed from named varieties and of course scionwood if anyone is interested in making their own
The biggest difference I have seen from cultivars versus seedlings is as expected seedlings produce less fruit and can vary in size. Cultivars I have most definitely outperformed my 14 seedlings. I grow mine is a very shady area and they do very well.
If growing for a hedge pick seedlings. If growing for fruit buy cultivars.
Cornus mas makes an excellent hedge because the low branches do not fall off. If you prune them they will grow even more. Even in low light.
I have sampled ‘Redstone’ and the fruit was much sweeter than plain species Cornus mas fruit growing in the same field where I work. I was impressed that it was sweet enough that when I bit into the fruit I did not want to spit it out like fruit off of plain species trees.
I do know of a local guy in my area who makes wine from the Cornus mas fruits. His wine is good.
Good luck on getting Cornus mas cultivars!
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