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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Murph asked about Mt-Royal and Sweet 16 being shy bearers or slow-poke...

Well, here in Quebec (zone 4), Mt-Royal is certainly the best plum you can
have. When it bears I have a lot more plums than I can use. Last year I had
2 bushells from this not-very-big tree. But it is a bit irregular in
bearing and some years, curculios get most of the crop. It did require
about 8 years before starting fruiting.

As of Sweet 16, this one has been a big deception for me. I grafted it in
1991 and never got more than 5 apples in a year. And I don't think the
apples are that great - they don't seem to ripen well here. So this one is
going to be cut sometime in the future... It certainly is way under
expectations.

Claude

A 20:36 09.05.28 -0700, vous avez écrit : 
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Hello Guys;
  
Some apple trees I have are very Precocious; Williams Pride, Pristene,
Opalescent, Macoun. 20 oz., Pound sweet.
  
The sweet 16 trees, planted on the same day in 2004, have yet to even
flower much.
Same for the Mount Royal plums; no blooms yet, while the Stanleys are just
starting.
  
Is the Swt 16 a slow-poke? Is Mount Royal shy too?
  
Murph
zone 4