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Ivan's Belle and Ivan's Beauty Mt. Ash

15 years ago

Said to be edible. I ordered trees of these in either 2008 or 2009, along with Rabina. The two Ivan's cultivars are both fruiting now. Rabina didn't fruit yet.

Um, well, unless they improve a lot with frost or time, I don't see much difference between these fruit and the ones on my European Mt. Ash. Very astringent, and definitely not edible out of hand, despite the catalog claims. I should try cooking them up with a little sugar and see what happens -- Cornelian cherry isn't really edible out of hand, either, but is great when cooked and sweetened.

Even if they don't work out as an edible crop, the fruits are very pretty, the trees are pretty, and I know the birds will eat them in the fall or winter, since they always strip my regular Mt. Ash trees each year.

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