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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Both the Damson and the Bullace are forms of P. insititia, but while the Damson is dark colored, the White Bullace is the color of a Green Gage plum.  The Plums of New York says that the White Bullace is a very old variety dating back prior to the 1600s.     I've allowed St. Juilian plum rootstock to fruit and the fruit of it was similar in appearance.  This form is more productive and more regular bearing, though.  The kind of production it had this year was all the more amazing because the cool wet spring reduced the crop of every other stone fruit on the place.  But the White Bullace was so heavily loaded the tree looks like it has a weeping growth habit.

-Lon Rombough
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On Sep 28, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Clifford Cain - uk yahoo wrote:

Lon's comments regarding Prunus insititia are interesting in that in the UK we know these little plums as Damsons.  Historically they where used for food and dye manufacture.  An area of the North West of England known as the Lake District has a rich history of growing Damsons and a local association has an interesting website  http://www.lythdamsons.org.uk   
Lon are these little fruits the same / similar to those you refer too?

Regards

Clifford Cain
Bawtry, Doncaster, UK

http://www.fruitscape.co.uk


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