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Chris,

I have always planted whole peach pits and have had good germination.  T.O. 
Warren told me years ago that the secret seems to be not to let the stones 
dry out prior to planting.  Therefore, you can either plant immediately after 
ripe and keep protected from varmints and they will germinate the following 
spring or store in moist peat until the fall and plant out, or store in moist 
peat until fall and them put into the refrigerator for their required cold 
stratification until planting in the spring.  If you let them dry out, it 
takes two years to germinate.  Of course, you can crack out the embryos and 
get good germination if you are careful.  I always seemed to damage more than 
I saved and it is easier to just plant fresh seed.

David Ulmer


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