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[Rob Halgren <halgren@msu.edu>]

I received very nice (and inexpensive) P. americana seedlings from Oikos 
Tree Crops (http://www.oikostreecrops.com/).  Ken's stock is selected 
for the more northern climes (Michigan, anyway).  I was planning on 
growing out as many as I can and selecting a few which have fruiting 
characteristics that I like, and topworking a few of the 'rejects'.  I'm 
kind of hoping they will sucker, I'm using it as a hedge...

I'd choose my parents carefully if using this as an understock for a 
'real' orchard.  Might as well start with seedlings that have a good 
chance of being well adapted.  In my case, Oikos is about 70 miles to 
the west of me at the same latitude, so I was pretty happy to find these.

Rob

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Robert G. Halgren, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Specialist
GTSF - Michigan State University
http://genomics.msu.edu
(517) 353-7236    -   halgren@msu.edu