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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

My oldest apricots, maybe 18 years old, are the Siberian (?) seedlings
that Bear Creek Nursery used to sell.  They are about 30 to 40 feet
tall, 12 to 16 inches in diameter trunk, and started to blossom
Saturday.  My weather has been a lot like mIEKAL's, although I'm about
100 miles north of him.  I get lots of small tasty apricots with thick
astringent skin every other year or so, depending on spring frosts.  I
keep planting pits, too, so someday I should have lots more of them.  So
far I have eaten most of them as they ripen, and they have encouraged me
to plant other named varieties, none of which have fruited yet.

Jim, in Menomonie, WI



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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:28 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Scout and Manchurian Apricots

Scout & mandarian are flowering. Nanking cherries flowering.  We only  
had 85 here & it'll hit the low 40s tonight.  Don't think it's  
supposed to freeze over the next couple days.

~mIEKAL

sw WI 4b

On Apr 25, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Toni Pralle wrote:

> Mine are blooming now. It was 91 degrees F yesterday. Today I have  
> the furnace cranked up to winter settings. Oh, and it's raining. I  
> think they might have bloomed last year, too, but I didn't get  
> anything from either of them. Mine are also 4 years old.