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[Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>]

Fred,

Google shows Hungarian Rose apricot at

Behnke Nurseries Co.
11300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705

Betty Mayfield
Oregon

At 12:21 PM 4/9/2008, you wrote:
> Nineteen years ago, I bought a standard-size Hungarian Rose apricot 
> from Stark Bros.  I've had relatively good luck with it - the fruit 
> quality is excellent, and I get crops about half the time, whenever 
> there isn't an egregiously late frost.  It blooms on the same day as 
> Puget Gold, a variety that is reputed to be late-blooming.
>
> Anyway, I'm moving to a new house a few miles away, and Stark Bros 
> no longer carries the variety.  I've saved some scionwood, but 
> judging from my poor success rate with persimmons, I'm not so 
> confident I'll succeed with the grafting.  Does anyone know of a 
> commercial source for Hungarian Rose?  Or would someone want to try 
> the grafting and send me the successful product?  I would be glad to 
> pay for it.
>
> I think this is a variety worth preserving, so if anyone would like 
> scionwood I can send some.
>
> Fred Bruns
> Carmel, IN
>
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