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[Lisa Almarode <lisaalmarode@yahoo.com>]

Besides thinning fruit, what factors affect fruit size?  nutrients,
grass competition... I know these affect tree size, etc., but I was 
under the impression that fruit size was mostly genetics.

My Wickson plums are quite small (it sets very heavily, thinned to 
1 in 10 but not enough), and friend's Shiro are cherry size; granted 
her tree was planted this spring.  

Lisa in Ashland Oregon
USDA Z7 - Sunset Z7 - 1800' - 19" annual rainfall


      
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