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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: George Brinson <george.brinson@nf.sympatico.ca>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Green Gage plum NOW ROOTSTOCK
  • Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:45:23 -0500

St. Julien A and C are Prunus insititia rootstocks popular in the trade, originating in France I understand. St. Julien A has been around for a long time, is reputed somewhat dwarfing, compatible with a wide range of plums as well as peach and apricot. I gather it is comfortable on heavy soils. However there are list members who have personal experience with it which I have not.

Your damsons might be suitable as rootstocks and might not.

If you have the space and time and find it hard to get regular plum rootstocks, sure, experiment.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


George Brinson wrote:
Just wondering............what would the rootstock of Prunus insititia be like for grafting cultivated varieties of European plums on to? Dwarfing effects or incompatibilities? What other "prunus" may be compatible?

I have "damson" type plums here that sucker profusely, and bear in 4-5 years.

George Brinson
Carmanville
NL, Canada




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