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  • From: tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Prunus americana i.d.
  • Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:57:12 -0800 (PST)

The nigra sounds familiar...

I recall when I hit the books, what I learned was the opposite of what I'd
thought
before. And now, the problem is my notes are always miles away, & a 1/2 hr
search
away from, the computer.



--- "bluestem_farm@juno.com" <bluestem_farm@juno.com> wrote:

> Tanis,
> I have keyed them out, and the most common on our farm is P. americana. We
> only
> have a few P. nigra (the name for the Canada wild plum in my books); the
> nigra
> blooms earlier, and the stamens turn red when the petals fall off, giving
> the tree
> a pinkish cast. Also the nigra tends to be solitary, and the americana
> sends up
> suckers like crazy. When I'm driving around I mostly see the americana.
> I've
> only found 1 Canada plum with tasty fruit (of course the ones I watch don't
> make
> many fruit), while most of the common wild plums are good although the
> skins are
> astringent. I don't doubt that there are hybrids out there.
> Muffy Barrett
> Baraboo, WI
>
> -- tanis grif wrote:
> I think the common one is canadensis and the less common
> is americana. Or did the latin names get changed when I wasn't looking?
>
>
>
>
>

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