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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

>Lee Reich in his Uncommon Fruits  book which is a continual reference for 
>me
>recommends  softwood cuttings taken at the time of fruit ripening and
>treated as  Gianni advises or dormant cuttings of one year wood cut into 8
>to 12 inch lengths  and plunged up to top bud in well drained soil in fall
>or spring.

I haven't encountered any of Reich's books, sounds interesting, I'll look 
into aquiring a couple. Were these suggestions specifically for nanking? If 
so I'll hold out hope for the 50 or so cutings I buried just before freeze 
up.

  >He does warn that  plants  rooted from cuttings won't have a
>tap root and will be less drought resistant.

Would it be possible (I ignorantly ask) to take one root and just point it 
down, or are tap roots a specialized and one-time root?

 >I was pleasantly  surprised by
>my first Nanking cherries last summer. They were sweet  but too small to
>process so  I enjoyed a handful  on the way to my mailbox for about a 
>month.
>vann  south central NH

I'm hoping to plant several hundred feet of nankings along our driveway to 
the mailbox, partly for just such purpose! Thanks Del z2/3


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