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["Kathryn Mathews" <kathmath@charterinternet.com>]

If it's a sand or beach plum, I'm wondering if it is a strain or variety that has been selected for sweetness, fresh edibility, etc.  I recall a sand or beach plum discusssion on this site a month or two ago.  The information from most people who had tried them was that most are thorny, small, not particularily productive or tasty.  They do seem to be very hardy and of manageable size.  For these reasons, I'd be very interested if someone had come up with something that was also tasty and productive.

Kathryn Mathews

Southern Minnesota

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of MARIE ASHTON
Sent: 02/28/2008 12:40 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Mini-Sweet Plum

I would think that it is probably a native plum such as Prunus besseyi (sand plum). They also list a Plum Berry variety that is actually a native Beach plum.

 

Regards,

Richard Ashton

Oak Creek Orchard

www.oakcreekorchard.com

bwoodtx@verizon.net

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Doreen Howard

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:35 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Mini-Sweet Plum

Pardon my ignorance, but that's why I joined NAFEX to learn from all of you......  

 

Hartmann's 2008 catalog lists Mini-Sweet Plum tree.  The text says its a high-quality sweet plum that ripens on 6-foot-high trees.  The picture shows only a clusters of little plums the look almost like big berries and some tree leaves.  My question:  is this really a plum or something else?

 

I emailed Hartmann's inquiring about the botanical name of this tree, but they haven't answered.

 

Doreen Howard

Buried under feet of snow at the Wisconsin-Illinois border.

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