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

"Superior I
had grafted the previous spring and it produced an abundance of fruits
only one year later. "


Oh, this is something I didn't find out till after I had done the grafts. 
These Jap Am plum hybrids bloom on new wood, so I will get the opportunity 
(if the weather cooperates) to evaluate them next year.  That is a really 
big incentive to try the whole set.  Can you bag plums the way you all have 
been doing apples?  I sewed a Euro plum branch into a net curtain last year 
and hung it up on a nearby branch to keep the weight of the curtain and 
fruit from hanging it to the ground.  It worked, though I think the fruit 
might have ripened better if the tree had less shade on it.  Just fixed that 
problem 2 days ago.    Donna