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  • From: "Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Subject: Re: Reliant peach
  • Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:22:00 -0500

The same little tree
that gave me over 50 peaches last year. Can I blame it on the rain?


Toni, I wonder if they were grafted on Prunus bessyi? In which case they would have been near the end of their short lives anyway. Maybe you should just scrounge around in your compost and plant some seedlings. Plant them pretty close together, like maybe 3' apart, and let the cold and your taste buds decide which is most worthy. The genetics on stone fruits are pretty simple, you should get some cold hardy seedlings, and you will know for a fact that they are on peach stock. What's more, if they should be killed to the ground or snowline one year, they'll come back true. If peach seedlings grow as fast there as here, it's theoretically possible to eat fruit in 3 years from finishing the last delectable bite and putting the pit in the ground. Theoretically I say due to borers, late freezes and especially curculios. So find your little seedlings just coming up and you might have peaches in 2 years. Donna




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