Cornus, 'Vavilovets' cornelian cherry Size:2 gallon container Variety description: This large fruited

Variety description: This large fruited variety of medlar is from the Netherlands

Based on the name

Flower form and size: Semi-double to full double

as the leaves may burn in the full sun

Cornus, 'Vavilovets' cornelian cherry Size:2 gallon container Variety description: This large fruitedCornus mas 'Vavilovets' This cultivar was imported from Ukraine into the US about a decade ago. It is a relatively new cultivar selected for it's large and tasty oblong fruit. Rated one of the top cultivars by cornelian cherry expert Svitlana Klimenko of the National Botanical Gardens of the Ukraine. This cultivar, which is also know as 'Vavilov' is named after the famed Soviet plant scientist Nikolai Vavilov. His research in the 1920s and 1930s laid