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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> Here is a brief report on my plum tastings for this year.


Interesting, Scott.

This was my first year for fruit on several of my plum trees, and I was 
very disappointed in how small my Toka plums turned out to be. But then 
I tasted them, and they were easily the best tasting plum I had 
(compared to the much bigger Alderman, Superior, and Waneta).


> Superior got too much rain when ripening so it was not a fair year for them.
>   


My Superior plums were better last year, too. But I'm just amazed at how 
many large plums I get off my tiny little tree. It produced a ton of 
plums last year, too, just a year after I planted it. My other plums are 
a year older, but they didn't produce until this year.

It was very dry here early in the year, and then amazingly cool in July 
and August - altogether a weird year.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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