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  • From: Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Beach Plum
  • Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 20:41:28 -0500

Try layering - I believe they do this naturally in the ever-shifting dune
environment in which they thrive.


Pete Chrisbacher



On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu> wrote:

> My favorite one that is producing is from Oikos and it produces good crops
> of grape sized purple fruit that taste a lot like concord grapes. I love
> them, but wish they were a little bigger and produce a little more. The
> skins can sometimes be a little bitter, but I just chew on them til they
> get bitter and them spit them out.
> I'm excited because my Dunsbar plums (or is it spelled Dunbars? I've seen
> both) is finally producing this year for the first time. They seem to take
> a while to fruit.
> I've never been too excited about the 'nana' beach plums in either looks,
> production, fruit size, or flavor and don't think I'd try any more of
> those. The plants are too small to produce much fruit anyway.
>
> Does anyone know of cultivars of beach plums or have any outstanding beach
> plum suckers to share? I'd offer mine up, but it hasn't suckered yet after
> 10+ years.
> Has anyone grown seedlings and gotten fruit that were colored yellow or
> red? I've only seen purple.
>
> Mike Levine
> Ann Arbor, MI
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Dr. Lucky Pittman <
> lpittman@murraystate.edu
> > wrote:
>
> > Purchased two seedling beach plums from Ken Asmus at OIKOS, probably 15
> > years ago - they grew to be two very different plants; one was small -
> > never
> > surpassed 3ft in height, and suckered minimally, the other is probably 6
> ft
> > tall and has suckered profusely.
> > Though both bloomed regularly, only the smaller plant ever produced any
> > fruits, and it died suddenly several years ago.
> > So... I have a profusely suckering non-productive beach plum, which I'll
> > probably get around to digging out or cutting & poisoning at some point.
> > Suppose I could plant another one, but I figure I'd be better off putting
> > something more productive, like blackberries, in those spots.
> >
> > Lucky Pittman
> > Hopkinsville, KY
> >
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