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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] suggestions of good European plum cultivars
  • Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:21:47 -0500


Ray, where is your orchard (city, state) and which USDA hardiness zone
does it fall in? -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Plant Hardiness
Zone 4a)

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ray Kaminski
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 3:29 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] suggestions of good European plum cultivars


Deb you asked. One of the best dark blue plums that is great for
me in zone 4-5 if the one I planted about 10 years ago. It is
Millers Big Blue Plum. It is as the catalog describes it. Very
productive, sweet big and some how it has a large crop every
year. It is self fruitful, freestone and scrumptious. I have
ordered from Millers for years and have never been disappointed. I
have about 6 blue plums and the second choice is Mount
Royal. Again a good tasting and productive plum but if it over
sets the following year it will crop lightly. By over sets I mean
where the branches are almost hitting the ground. Planting the ones
that are not self fruitful in my count is a losing battle as with
about 6 trees and 10 different varieties grafted onto them I am lucky
if I get an ice cream pail full total in one season. The
pollination is not there as they bloom heavy and early but the wind
is still cool and I am not sure if the bees are active enough. Not
so with the self fruitful ones and right now if the Big Blue ones
were ripe I would get two 5 gallon pails full.. Ray

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