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   T to Alfred Falk   
   Re: bilberry pits   
   21 Sep 23 11:23:28   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 9/21/23 09:13, Alfred Falk wrote:   
   > T  wrote in news:ueg9bo$3ap5v$1@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> My "2 EUROPEAN BLUEBERRY BILBERRY" plants   
   >> finally fruited after four years.   
   >>   
   >> The fruit is bitter and sour.  I spit them out.   
   >>   
   >> And that is easy to do and they contain a round   
   >> pit the size and hardness of buckshot (a small pea).   
   >>   
   >> Methinks I mistakenly planted an ornamental variety.   
   >> I could not find descriptions of pits with a web   
   >> search.   
   >>   
   >> Anyway it is being removed this year.   
   >>   
   >> Your thoughts as to a replacement?  Zone 6B.   
   >>   
   >> Many thanks,   
   >> -T   
   >   
   > Common name are unreliable, but I don't think you have a bilberry at all.   
   > Vaccinium species have small seeds distriibuted in the fruit, not single   
   > pits.   
      
   I even made the seller give me the Latin name.   
   I noticed he is not in business.  Four years   
   down the dumper.   
      
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