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["MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>]

In regard to your message.

 

------- Fowler Nurseries, Newcastle, California has the Spanish plum that they plan to use as a interstem between plums and sweet cherries. In Spain it is in use now as a rootstock and a interstem. They do not however offer it to the public. Maybe in the future.

 

------- I will have 50 Nemaguard peach rootstocks grafted with the Z stem interstem from Dave Wilson Nursery delivered here sometime in the next month. I contracted for them last spring. If anyone wants 1, 2 or 10 I would be happy to sell them for my cost plus shipping. I contracted for them with the idea of getting the Texas commercial fruit growers interested in growing sweet cherries. I could not get Dave Wilson Nursery to put their sweet cherries on anything but Citation (with the Z stem Interstem) but they agreed to graft 50 on peach rootstock on a contract. I think this is the best combination for Texas and the south. I will also have scionwood of the better low chill varieties available to go with the rootstocks but it might be better to grow them for a year before grafting them. Budding might be a good choice later in the summer though.

 

Regards,

Richard Ashton

Oak Creek Orchard

www.oakcreekorchard.com

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

From: Natelson, Ethan, M.D.

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:42 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Adara Interstem

Dear Group,

 

     In a recent Good Fruit Growers magazine grafter Ken Coates describes using the Adara plum as an interstem to convert plums to cherries.  He describes Adara as a variety of P. cerasifera which was developed in Spain, and indicates Adara has been used as a primary cherry rootstock in California.  As an interstem this would be similar to Zaiger’s Z stem on peach rootstock to grow cherries.  I called Mr. Coates to see where he obtained the Adara.  He indicated he had a private source from a neighbor but that he thought several nurseries in the Tulare County area sold it.  However, I have been unable to locate a source where I could purchase this plum.  Does anyone out there know of such a source?  We are trying to grow the newer low-chill cherries in the South, and this plant might be preferable to the classical cherry rootstocks.

 

Ethan A. Natelson

Houston, Texas

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