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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Del,

I'm hardly anything more than a novice with stonefruits - and I've 
virtually abandoned all of them that I currently have planted - I'm just 
waiting on the borers to take 'em out so I can replace them with pears or 
persimmons - but I have grafted a few, with reasonable success.
I've done simple whips or W&T of dormant scions of both Euro & Jap hybrid 
plums onto native plum(P.angustifolia?), P.americana, and Nanking 
cherry(P.tomentosa) with good results - after the rootstocks had fully leafed.
I've done summer budding of peaches and Jap.hybrid plums onto both 
P.americana and P.tomentosa.

A friend sent me an assortment of sweet cherry scions this spring, and some 
Tomcot wood, as well.  It all stayed in the fridge, as I really wasn't too 
hep on even trying 'em, but I figured Don Yellman liked Tomcot so much that 
I'd give it a try anyway.  I did W&T of one piece each on P.americana & 
P.tomentosa - long after they'd leafed out - heck, I think the Nankings had 
already bloomed, and both are growing quite nicely, right now.

Another friend sent some Stanley scions, and I just fostered a couple of 
pieces onto the Green Gage, Peach, and unidentified Euro plum selection Lon 
sent me years ago(It lost the label, and I can't recall now if it was the 
Burbank Seedless or a numbered selection).  W&T grafts, done in early May, 
all seem to have taken and are growing nicely.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY