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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

"the Green Gage that still hasn't blossomed significantly or set any fruit after 12 years in-ground"

 

Lucky,   I'd really like for that tree to crop for you, since you say it's so healthy.  Why don't you beat the trunk with a chain and see if you can get it to fruit?  The hardy citrus guys down in TX used to tie a wire around vigorous young citrus seedlings to cut off some of the sap and make them slow down and bloom so they could find out what their crosses had produced.  What is it, walnuts, women and dogs that do better when beaten?        Donna