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[Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>]

Alan, I have also found Satsuma to be one of the few reliable  
"California asian" plums -- the ones popular in California.  It took  
about five years to get a good set but it has overset the last two  
years.  It is also a great tasting plum and its only defect is it is a  
bit on the small side.  Wickson finally had an OK set this year for  
the first time, and the tree is in its 7th year.  Howard Miracle,  
Santa Rosa, and pluots have low set and they are 7-8 years old.   
Elephant Heart proved highly prone to shothole, along with Howard  
Miracle, and those two have mostly been topworked.  Elephant Heart has  
yet to set fruit but it did get pruned to near-nothing one year when  
it was too diseased.  Shiro, Superior, and Redheart are also very  
reliable for me, the former two undoubtedly due to having a majority  
of non-saliciana genes.

Scott
Z6/7 Maryland