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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

I should add that the odd shoot is NOT from the rootstock.  I budded the tree myself and the union is at least five feet below the point of origin of the sprout.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Aug 26, 2005, at 7:18 PM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:

The other oddity came on a red leaf plum of my own discovery.  It has one shoot that is like a watersprout, but is much more vigorous and has larger leaves.  Instead of being solid red, like the rest of the tree, the leaves have bright green upper surfaces and red undersides.  I suppose I'll have to let it bear fruit to see if THAT is different, too, but I'm trying to decide if the odd appearance has any value.