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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

John,
The first year or two of flowering, the beach plums don't set fruit that 
year.  After a year or
two of flowering, then they begin to set fruit.
Yes, two of us here in new england have grown beach plum away from the coast.
It's fine to write an article in a magazine talking about a niche crop, but 
if its to be grown
commercially then an identifiable, reliable outlet for the fruit needs to be 
confirmed.  The
fruit is almost always very tart and I doubt it would find favor with most 
people as an out of
the hand fruit, and besides it is small compared with hand fruit.  I like 
tart [I think Gala and
Ginger Gold apples sweetness is just appalling] but the public likes sweet.
Charlie Paradise
Massachusetts/zone 5

John Van Hazinga wrote:

> The currant issue of  Farming (The Journal of Northeast Agriculture)  has an
> article on beach plums as a developing niche market in northeast coastal
> areas.  I have a set of three year old trees planted in two locations-- one
> on a rich clay soil in Vermont and the other  a gravel soil  at my sisters
> nearby in southern NH that have blossomed but not set fruit.  I am wondering
> if any growers have had success  with beach plums away from the coast.   JVH
> south central  NH where finally seasonably cool.
>
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