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  • From: Henry <treehugger53ah@yahoo.com>
  • To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: toria erhart <verhart@comcast.net>, pat <pat@marksimonson.com>, Huong <hlnguyen01@netscape.net>, Kath Ouska <kaouska@gmail.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Fofonoff plum aka Homesteader
  • Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:00:03 +0000 (UTC)

I asked a Canadian grower who ships CVI fruit to the USA.

He said:

"I put this to the office for their comments...here was the overall consensus:

"'We talked to Wilbert about this variety - he says it’s a very old cultivar.
I don’t foresee it becoming a variety that will be put through the paces to
become a virus-tested and available to the US market.'

"Sorry Henry...doesn't seem to be cost effective..."

--Henry Fieldseth
MInneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4


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On Fri, 3/31/17, Henry via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

Subject: [nafex] Fofonoff plum aka Homesteader
To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters"
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: "Henry" <treehugger53ah@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, March 31, 2017, 11:46 AM

This sounds like an interesting
plum.

Do any of you know of a source in the USA? 

Canadian growers would need a virus certified source to ship
to the USA.

--Henry Fieldseth
MInneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4


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On Wed, 3/29/17, Sam Brungardt <sam739is@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Subject: Re: [nafex] [NAFEX] What the crazy lady in zone 3
is trying to grow.
To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit
Experimenters" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 12:05 AM

Jim, I'm not familiar
with this plum, but it also goes by the name
'Homesteader'.  It is supposed to have a green skin
with a red blush.  I imagine the green turns to a
yellowish
green when it is  fully ripe.   It is sold by
DNA Gardens in Canada.  Some sources say it is hardy to
Zone 2. -- Sam
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