Dunstan's relatives still have a nursery near Gainesville. I am sure they have good advice on that one.

http://www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com/Dunstan-Chestnut-Trees-1918.Category.html

I grew Mysore raspberries many years ago. All I remember is their being black, rather small, decent to eat, but without the aroma of raspberries. And I remember having to use concentrated sulfuric acid to get the seeds to germinate.

I detect an error in your letter-- "and I think I will be done." Do you expect us to believe that!? Northwoodswis

Everybody wants the best handle on the forum "Fruitnut"....;-)

Welcome and I look forward to your input!!

Gone,

They are tasty and if you want to grow raspberries in Florida it is about the only option. I bought 4 plants 2 years agoi from Lowes and let them tip, didn't take long to have enough to plant 3 rows. Had the first good harvest last year. I really like the fruit but the thorns are insane. This spring should get a few gallons of fruit and year after many gallons. The plants grow great but need pruned a lot to keep them under 8 feet tall.

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My wife said the same thing, well she actually said "yeah right". I am quickly running out of room unless I start cutting down the 100 year old huge live oaks and I am not willing to do that.

Those berries look great. I'm in the same zone but different climate (San Jose, CA).

I built a pergola and am planning on putting grapes on the posts to grow up it. I was going to wait until spring because I heard that bare root plantings will do better and I see you are about to put some grapes in now. I'm not sure what to do myself now. Any advice appreciated. (Thanks for your input in my blueberry thread BTW). Interested in your pomegranate varieties as well. I have three myself and will be adding one more. Any opinions? (I have Sweet, Desertnyi, and Sharp Velvet).

Welcome to the forum

Melikeeatplants,

I would not put in bareroot plants in the fall in the north but in zone 9 for blueberries it really is np. The grapes I am putting in won't be bareroot but are mostly 2 year old plants with a few that are just being rooted now. I'm not sure if putting in bareroot grapes in the fall is ok or not.

Far as pomegranates I have:

Afganski
Azadi
Desertnyi
Gissarskii Rozovyi
Grenada
Nikitski ranni
Parfyanka
Sakerdze
Salavatski
Shirin Zigar
Sin-Pepe
Vkusnyi
Russian #8
Vietnam (big yellow) I have probably 8-10 of these as I know they will successfully fruit here in Florida. You are lucky as poms are easy in CA.....here in Florida they grow fine but our warm humid/wet summers make it difficult for them to carry the fruit all the way to harvest. I am a newb when it comes to poms, just learning as I go.

Bamboorabbit-
Up here in Michigan we can only dream of such fruit. I used to live in Venezuela and can't express how much we miss being able to pick a lemon when we need it, and enjoy the plethora of awesome fruit. I used to eat so much on my dads farm that I would walk around with mango drips smeared on my sleeves, etc. My dad and I would pick a pile of oranges, head to the river, soak our feet, and peel and eat one after another.Valencias, navels, you name it. Malay apples are awesome too.

My dad was instrumental in bringing new varieties of citrus to Venezuela from california for different nurseries. However the rootstock on all of the grafts succumbed to a virus called "tristeza"(literally,"sadness") and they all died.
The only trees left on the plantation that are visible to this day is the row of "Haden" Mangoes. You can see them from space on google maps' zoom feature.
Have fun
Noogy