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[Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net>]

Melissa,

Thanks for the info and the link. It appears that all the articles are 
.pdf  format rather than .doc format, so the link should be:

http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/plantsci/dom_fruit/articles/plums.pdf

Also, lots of good articles at the index:

http://fruit.usask.ca/articles/

Dan 




Melissa Kacalanos wrote:
> In general, different species don't pollinate each other. Apricots and Asian 
> or American plums could pollinate each other if they bloomed at the same 
> time, but apricots generally bloom earlier than plums, so they usually don't 
> get an opportunity to pollinate each other.
>
> Plums are complicated, since there are several different Asian and American 
> species that generally can all pollinate each other. There are also a lot of 
> hybrid cultivars for cold climates that are crosses between Asian and 
> American species. However, these hybrids generally can't pollinate anything 
> else. It's recommended that you have a pure American plum to pollinate them.
>
> Here's a very interesting article from the University of Saskatchewan on the 
> pollination of cold-hardy plums:
> http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/plantsci/dom_fruit/articles/plums.doc
>
> Sour cherries are generally self-pollinating. I think sweet cherries don't 
> pollinate anything else.
>
> Melissa
>
> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net> wrote:
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