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- From: Bernie Nikolai <BNikolai@shaw.ca>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] propagating Evans Cherry
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:14:08 -0700
Dr. Evans has planted many hundreds/thousands of
Evans cherry seeds. Almost without exception the plant that grows from the
seed is weak, spindly, and inferior to the parent. This is strange as it
is self fruitful, and the seedlings should in theory be about as good as the
parent. Evans cherry grafts very readily to just about any prunus.
Its just that it dies over the winter almost 100% of the time, at least here in
zone 3. Pin cherry has allowed Evans to survive for 3 or 4 years, but
eventually this dies as well. Almost all Evans cherry sold is tissue
cultured, so root cuttings will produce an Evans cherry bush just fine.
They transplant best when only a foot to 18 inches tall if you are cutting root
suckers off the mother tree
Bernie Nikolai
Edmonton, Alberta.
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Re: [NAFEX] propagating Evans Cherry,
Jwlehman, 04/11/2004
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Re: Re: [NAFEX] propagating Evans Cherry,
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- [NAFEX] propagating Evans Cherry, Bernie Nikolai, 04/12/2004
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