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[derry and bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Doc,

The US/Canada border gets in the way, but I propagate Prunus mume (five 
different
varieties) on St Julien A rootstocks.

P mume 'beni shi don' will cross-pollinate with Rosemary Clarke to produce 
green
'apricots' (shaped like plums with plum-like pit inside). They take these 
green
fruits and soak them in brine and produce a foul-tasting salty sauce.The 
fruit, if
allowed to ripen naturally, is quite insipid (yellow with slight fuzz).

Raulston Arboretum in North/South Carolina has an excellent collection of P 
mumes.
Raulston was a propagator. I have not had success getting info from them on
specific mumes. They do have a website which has 'raulston' in the name (I 
think).

It is quite hardy here in zone 7/8.

Derry

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Derry Walsh & Bill Chase
wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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Home web pages: http://derrysorchardandnursery.ca
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  I searched the internet and found that  the scientific
: name is Prunus mume.Sieb. et zucc.  It was also called "Japanese Apricot".
 If anyone has any idea whether this plum is available in North America or 
knows
any thing that would be helpful to me in identifying or obtaining a tree, I 
would
be very grateful.
: Doc Lisenby
: Zone 7/8