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[Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>]

Hi Diane, 
I learned from John Meader, Elwyn Meader's talented son, that peaches can 
take many 
years, sometimes as many as 3 or 4, to germinate. I would not be suprised if 
in 
direct sowing situations the same is true for apricots. Also, apricots are 
more 
likely to sprout in the sandier, drier soil, rotting if kept moist 
constantly. This 
might be the biggest deterrent for your breeding project: cool moist weather. 
In 
northern New Mexico, apricots grow to perfection. Don't let my input slow you 
down, 
because we all see soooooooooo many exceptions to the "rules". And in this 
case you 
are looking for the exceptions so all the better!
Heron Breen

On Tue Jan 11 21:06 , Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> sent:

>Bernie,
>
>Obviously you and your friends aren't eating enough cherries.
>
>You should order a few big boxes from the Okanagan next summer and 
>have a cherry party.  You could even avoid the need of sowing the 
>seeds by having a cherry pit spitting contest in the area you plan to 
>devote to this experiment.
>
>I am doing the same thing with apricots.  The commercial varieties 
>don't like our cool maritime climate, but I'm sure I'll find one that 
>does.  I throw out all the pits when I'm bottling fruit, but so far 
>it looks like the apricots don't even want to come up.  All the trees 
>in the compost area are peaches.
>
>-- 
>Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
>maritime zone 8
>cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
>sandy soil
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