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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

There are different types of pluots for sale.  Most are close to
plums but there is one kind that is more apricot-like.  Don't know
the name.

---- Original Message ----
From: billg@inebraska.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pluots in Nebraska
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 20:05:40 -0500

>
>> Crossing carefully chosen plums seems more practical in most 
>> conditions. There are a LOT of good plums that will give offspring
>as 
>> good or better than most pluots or apriums.
>
>
>The pluots I've eaten seem noticeably different from plums (a LOT 
>sweeter, for one thing). But maybe I just haven't eaten enough plums.
>To 
>be honest, I like plums better. Still, I have four plum trees, so I
>was 
>looking for something different to try.
>
>I actually wanted to try an aprium, too, but I couldn't find one that
>
>looked like it would do well in a colder climate. Well, my apricots 
>rarely produce fruit here, since they bloom so early. (I'm not sure
>if 
>apriums bloom that early or not, but I was more worried about their 
>cold-hardiness.)
>
>It hardly matters now. I've got the yard pretty well full, so I'm not
>
>going to be able to plant any other trees until something dies.  :-)
>
>Bill
>Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
>
>-- 
>The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect
>if 
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>nothing 
>but blind, pitiless indifference. - Richard Dawkins
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