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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) needs stratification like any other
Prunus.  Edible Landscaping has (though maybe not listed) a selection with
larger fruit that might be a tetraploid.  I've tried them here, but they get
pseudomonas so bad there is never any fruit.  In summer, when the weather is
dry, they grow out and look great, but of course without cherries.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com



> Ive selected the best fruit from this year & saved the seeds.  Do I need
> to stratify & refrigerate them to get them to germinate?  & does anyone
> know if there is someone working on selecting & developing better
> varieties of nankings.  Ive grown out a bunch of them from various
> nurseries, on all of mine fruiting is very uneven, about half of the
> shrubs have never born fruit & of course they seem to die off very
> easily.  Yet I really like them as an easy to grow northern fruit,  &
> they work great in permaculture designs around these parts.
> 
> 
> mIEKAL
> 
> finally a day of reprieve from 95+ temps....