Introducing 'Pippi' Goumi Berries
This post is to introduce an excellent new goumi selection which will go by the name of 'Pippi' in honor of the independent young red-head from the children's story Pippi Longstocking (or Pippi Långstrump). 'Pippi' goumi originated as a seedling, but showed such heavy fruit production of very good sized berries that it became obvious that it warranted further clonal propagation. Goumi berries belong to the species Elaeagnus multiflora. In the 2020 season I was able to compare the fruit of 'Pippi' with that of two other named cultivars; 'Sweet Scarlet' which was growing adjacent to 'Pippi' and of the same age as well as 'Carmine' which was growing in a large pot a few hundred feet away from the others and was of a younger age. This was the third year of fruit production for both 'Pippi' and 'Sweet Scarlet', but the first year of fruit production for 'Carmine'. For three years in a row, 'Pippi' has p