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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I'm in zone 2 and Toka barely makes it.  I have two trees and they
both die back a lot in winter.  Plums are sparse and sour.  In warmer
climate Toka is probably very good.  My son lives 250 miles south of
me and I believe he has Toka.  I never asked him how they taste.  But
I will.  I live in a bad place to raise tree fruit.  Some apples
varieties do well (but not the good ones) but plums and cherries are
very marginal.  Zone hardiness quoted by many nurseries are wildly
optimistic and I consider them to be fiction.

---- Original Message ----
From: loneroc@countryspeed.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] 'Bubblegum' plums?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:34:13 -0600

>Interesting differences in perception.
>
>Toka is spectacular here.  Ed Fackler told me once that Toka was the
>best 
>plum he ever tasted.  Maybe he'll weigh in.
>
>Steve Herje SWWI
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
>To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] 'Bubblegum' plums?
>
>
>> Taste of Toka is Yuk.
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: mijwiz@yahoo.com
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] 'Bubblegum' plums?
>> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:57:24 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>>'Bubblegum' is some marketer's idea of a better name than 'Toka',
>>>which is the older name of this cultivar. You could ask people
>their
>>>opinions of the flavor of 'Toka' since it's the same thing.
>>>
>>>I planted one last year, but it's not bearing yet, so I have no
>>>firsthand taste experience, sorry.
>>>
>>>Melissa
>>>
>>>--- On Fri, 3/12/10, Richard Wagner <rewagner@centurytel.net>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Richard Wagner <rewagner@centurytel.net>
>>>> Subject: [NAFEX] 'Bubblegum' plums?
>>>> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>>> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 4:36 PM
>>>> Has anyone TASTED the 'Bubblegum'
>>>> plums from Stark Bros.? Do they really
>>>> taste like cherries?
>>>
>>>
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