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food,& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_w6z3qTO4rtYqpY61ZSymQA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Good to have you back, Dave! Lois Codling On 6/22/2017 5:17 PM, David Webster wrote: > Dear All, June 22, 2017 > I am back, at least long enough to send this e-mail, but continue > to be swamped with the task of getting Alison settled into a Nursing > Home. So time will tell. > I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' strain of > Multiflora Rose which, on the one site where I have been able to > observe it (home), fruits well and is mobbed in late winter by > Waxwings. The small thorns, present near the ends of current > growth are weak and soon shed so I think the term thornless is justified. > The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thornless but by > selectively cutting the thorned strain off over a period of >5 years > the thornless strain was able to take over and snuff out the thorned > strain. > I tried to root cuttings this year soon after leaves emerged > and all four cuttings developed roots in a glass of water within 7-10 > days. > If this thornless strain were widely planted as an ornamental or > for habitat improvement purposes (late winter bird food, erosion > control...) then crossing with the thorned /might/ yield a less > thorned and less obnoxious suite of hybrids. > At the very least such plantings would enable enjoyment of the > benefits of Multiflora Rose (pleasant odor of blossoms, attractive > plant year round, good erosion control, local wind-break, food for > pollinating insects, late winter food for mobs of Waxings and, I > suspect, food for one to two bird mobs of Cardinals) without the > detriment of large, curved and sharp thorns which seem to reach out > and grab exposed flesh. > It is in full bloom now (June 22, 2017) and I don't yet know > whether shoot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the > growing season or only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots > are currently pale and look weak and I assume are being drained by > nearby flowering shoots. > If anyone would care to try this plant then let me know and I will > try to get a rooted cutting into your hands within a year. > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> --Boundary_(ID_w6z3qTO4rtYqpY61ZSymQA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Good to have you back, Dave!<br> <br> Lois Codling<br> <br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/22/2017 5:17 PM, David Webster wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:1E435D7CF8F547C8829A035DE12BCADA@D58WQPH1"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <style></style> <div>Dear All, June 22, 2017</div> <div> I am back, at least long enough to send this e-mail, but continue to be swamped with the task of getting Alison settled into a Nursing Home. So time will tell.</div> <div> </div> <div> I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' strain of Multiflora Rose which, on the one site where I have been able to observe it (home), fruits well and is mobbed in late winter by Waxwings. The small thorns, present near the ends of current growth are weak and soon shed so I think the term thornless is justified. </div> <div> The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thornless but by selectively cutting the thorned strain off over a period of >5 years the thornless strain was able to take over and snuff out the thorned strain.</div> <div> I tried to root cuttings this year soon after leaves emerged and all four cuttings developed roots in a glass of water within 7-10 days.</div> <div> If this thornless strain were widely planted as an ornamental or for habitat improvement purposes (late winter bird food, erosion control...) then crossing with the thorned <em>might</em> yield a less thorned and less obnoxious suite of hybrids. </div> <div> At the very least such plantings would enable enjoyment of the benefits of Multiflora Rose (pleasant odor of blossoms, attractive plant year round, good erosion control, local wind-break, food for pollinating insects, late winter food for mobs of Waxings and, I suspect, food for one to two bird mobs of Cardinals) without the detriment of large, curved and sharp thorns which seem to reach out and grab exposed flesh.</div> <div> It is in full bloom now (June 22, 2017) and I don't yet know whether shoot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the growing season or only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots are currently pale and look weak and I assume are being drained by nearby flowering shoots. </div> <div> </div> <div> If anyone would care to try this plant then let me know and I will try to get a rooted cutting into your hands within a year. </div> <div> </div> <div>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelo