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  • From: Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardy Prunus, Apricots
  • Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:59:44 -0800 (PST)

They were planted as part of a multi-specimen greenbelt between a busy street
and a neighbourhood in the Capillano area: a middle aged part of Edmonton.
No one seems to know much about them: they appear to be seedlings as no graft
is visible. I found only two trees, but there may be more. Apparently, the
locals have known about them for years and pick fruit when it shows up. They
don't fruit every year, but they are more reliable than anything else I've
heard of up here. I have not seen them in fruit, nor have I tasted fruit from
them (I live way out of Edmonton and my timing has been off every year!).
T&T Seeds collected seed and sold seedlings off of them last year (but not
this year). I managed to scrounge up a few dried old brown seeds two years
ago and they have grown well with no dieback. My seedlings even survived 6"
of snow on them after they had leafed out this past spring, they lost their
leaves, but came back nicely. I also have a
friend who collected a bunch of seed and planted out about 75 trees just for
his bees this past spring! I'm planning to keep an eye on his patch for
decent fruiting specimens. I'm told by our local experts that stone fruits
have a 70-90% chance of being just like the parent.

If I ever manage to find more seeds, I'll put out the offer.


Sarah
zone 3
Edmonton, AB


--- On Sat, 11/21/09, loneroc <loneroc@countryspeed.com> wrote:

> From: loneroc <loneroc@countryspeed.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardy Prunus, Apricots
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Received: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:42 AM
> Hi Sarah,
>
> I grow many of the same varieties here in a zone 3 climate
> in the northern
> US.  The only cultivars that are typically touted for
> the far north that I'd
> avoid are (surprisingly) Moongold and Sungold from the
> Minnesota breeding
> program.  Not very hardy and not particularly good
> quality.  I am intrigued
> by those "famous Capilano apricots from Edmonton". 
> I've not heard of them
> before and who in the North would not want to try a famous
> apricot--Can you
> tell us more about them?
>
> Steve Herje
> SW WI USA USDA Z3
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Kehler Ewing" <skkewing@yahoo.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardy Prunus, Apricots
>
>
> I have Morden 604, Westcot, Cowley, Scout, Precious,
> Lorraine, Sunshine
> seedlings, Heaver seedlings, and a bunch of seedlings from
> the famous
> Capilano apricots in Edmonton. I also have a couple other
> new grafts from
> this year that haven't been added to my master list yet and
> I'm not actually
> sure if they even took (stuff like Harcot, Harlayne and
> Hargrand)
>
> Sarah
> zone 3
> Edmonton, AB
>
>
> > Thanks Sarah, maybe if I have a bit
> > more success next year, I'll feel more
> > confident to try an apricot. As I said, they are one
> of my
> > favourites.
> >
> > Keep us posted how your young ones turn out. Which
> > varieties do you have?
> >
> > Caren.
>
> > Hi Caren,
> >
> > Plant some apricots! There are a couple of trees
> > planted and ignored by the
> > city that fruit regularly in zone 3b Edmonton!
> >
> > Mine out in the country have never fruited, but they
> are
> > young and have
> > never blossomed either!
> >
> > Sarah
> > zone 3
> > Edmonton, AB
>
>
>
>      
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