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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

Ernest, I wonder what you'd get if you planted the pits of your LaCrescent 
plums. I'm assuming your LaCrescent tree is pollinated by your cherry-plums. 
I wonder if these pits would grow into something hardier than their mother, 
and they probably couldn't taste much worse than their fathers. If you have 
the room, it might be worth the experiment.

Melissa

--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> wrote:

> From: Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] cherry-plums and plums
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 9:40 AM
> I have grown the following
> cherry-plums: Oka, Sapa, Sapalta, Compass,
> Opata, And "Toka"'  I bought most of these for $7.95
> and they were
> all marked as cherry-plum.  These were popular in the
> nurseries in
> this area but most have disappeared from sale.  The
> fruit quality was
> not good.  After four to five years most died. 
> The best tasting plum
> I have grown is LaCresent by far.  The LaCresent
> barely makes it
> through the winters and bears just a few plums each
> year.