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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

Any thoughts on germinating these pits?  I was planning on stratifying 
til spring, then cracking the outer shells & potting up.  Perhaps I 
should try direct seeding some.

mIEKAL


On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 08:06 AM, del stubbs wrote:

> My, having neighbors like that would make for a serious case of zone 
> envy!
> I was given a few sib. c seeds a couple years ago by a nafexer to try. 
> They all sprouted, froze back to snow line last winter, and have now 
> re-grown even more prodigiously than a plum or apricot. They must have 
> an amazing root system, which I have thought to use for root grafting.
> What temperate part of Siberia do these hale from anyway?
> Any imput from zone 3 folk on these as rootstocks?,
> A rare fall this year, no hard frost yet, still picking autumn bliss 
> raspberries, my wife just made a raspberry torte, wonderful!  Del
>
> Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3
>
> > I planted a number of Bear Creek Siberian C's here, about 20 miles 
> > southeast
> > of mIEKAL in the same county.  They never bloomed (buds froze out) and
> > ultimately all froze to the ground.  I took them out.
> >
> > A vineyard located in high country a few miles west of me grows yellow
> > peaches of Michigan provenance.  Nothing like being located in a cold
> > pocket.
> >
> > Steve Herje  Lone Rock, WI  USDA zone 3
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mIEKAL aND" <dtv@mwt.net>
> > To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:45 PM
> > Subject: [NAFEX] Photos of siberian C
> >
> >
> > > Here's a few photos of 3 year old siberian C seedling peaches from 
> > Bear
> > > Creek loaded with fruit.  I have to say that for peaches in WI these
> > > are pretty tasty & not mealy as I have heard them described 
> > elsewhere.
> > > My romanian partner saw these & immediately recognized them as a 
> > kind
> > > of "wild peach" that are very common in her country.  They split 
> > easily
> > > into perfect halves & are freestone.
> > >
> > > http://www.dreamtimevillage.org/gallery/peaches
> > >
> > >
> > > mIEKAL
> > >