Re: Fencing/ Monarch Survey

Mike Miller (mmiller@PCSIA.COM)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:24:08 -0500

Does anybody know if the thornless variety of Honey Thorn Locusts will
breed true from seed? Or do they have to be grafted? I am doing battle
with these "trees from hell" on the farm to which I recently moved. I
noted one of the trees in the pasture does not have any thorns but in every
other respect appears to be a Honey Thorn Locust. Needless to say I will
not gridle this tree and would like to promote its type hopefully at the
expense of the thorned type. The question is how?

Also I was wondering how many Monarch butterflies people have seen so far
this year? I am not sure what the migration schedule is for the upper
midwest, but I have only seen one so far this year. Plenty of yellow
tiger, black and giant swallowtails, buckeyes, purple azures and of course
cabbage butterflies but very few monarchs and sulfurs. What is happening
in the rest of the US? Mike Miller

At 10:35 28-06-99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Sorry if I contributed to anyone's confusion (except my own!) between Black
>Locust (Robinia) & Honey Locust (Gleditsia).
>
>Robinia is the species that is used for fence posts, but the Gleditsia is a
>great species for shading a barn yard or providing some shelter in a
pasture &
>there is a thornless cultivar called Inerma that is pretty hardy. There is of
>course the bonus of the edible pods that can fill the hungry gap when the
hay is
>finished & the grass isn't green yet...
>

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