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[jim <jmc1@epix.net>]

Fire blight does not affect stone fruits, including Toka.  Occasionally on 
plums
bacterial canker  will result in symptoms somewhat resembling those of fire
blight.


victoria l. caron wrote:

> To Lucky:
> That should also work on the apple seedlings I plan to set out and give
> a half a chance against the deer. Keeping them branching higher is
> almost a full time job! Will let you know how it works if I can get the
> tubes.
> Vic
> PS: Lucky sent info on the tubes later.
>
> To Claude:
> The Shiro and the Mont Royal grew several miles from my trees, but still in
> Zone 3. Both sites are frost pockets, though I sometimes luck out being 
> close
> to a river.
> The Toka died last year, a combination of fireblight, nursery pruning. amd 
> wind
> did it in.
>
> To Lon Rombough:
> I love these in depth answers! I have just the tree to try the grafting on. 
> I
> had to move a plum that I received from a friend. She said it suckered 
> freely
> and was always giving them away. This plum is a purple prune type but has 
> not
> had a chance to fruit for me. My German Shepherd's cable run stretched a bit
> this winter and he got tangled in it quite a few times. I lost four well 
> placed
> limbs and only managed to save one which had blooms, and which I later 
> elected
> to prune off when we moved the tree in an attempt to save it. It has already
> begun producing new shoots in response to canine intervention. This tree has
> accepted grafts, one of which is now my leader, so I think the new shoots 
> this
> year should be nice to work on in a year or two. Any idea what the sucker 
> tree
> could be this far north? It's been in the area for years.
>
> Thanks.......Vic
>
> Claude Jolicoeur wrote:
>
> > Victoria,
> > Does the Shiro grow at your place in zone 3? This would surprise me very
> > much as I have tried it and it didn't survive in my zone 4. The Mt-Royal
> > would probably handle your climate as it grows very well in Murray Bay,
> > which is borderline between zones 3 and 4. Mt-Royal is self fertile and
> > reproduces freely from seed. The offsprings are very similar to the
> > original tree, with sometimes slightly smaller fruits. In Murray Bay, for
> > example, there are old summer properties (50 to 80 years old) with large
> > gardens. Plums have always been planted and now, the original old trees
> > have died and have been naturally replaced by their seedlings...
> > Claude Jolicoeur, Quebec.
> >
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