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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

Thank you Douglas, this is exactly the info I was looking for.  I
don't suppose you know any nursery that has 5s or 10s of these.
Lawyer Nursery has larger bundles of Lovell & Bailey..

~mIEKAL

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:
> Bailey seedlings are preferred to Lovell seedlings for the Niagara Peninsula
> below the escarpment in Agriculture Canada zone 7a, and coldhardiness is a
> major reason.
>
> In the peachgrowing area in Kent/Essex a little east of Detroit/Windsor,
> which is a little colder, Siberian C has seen a good deal of use, and I
> believe that Chui Lum Tao is considered slightly better.
>
> A lot depends on your snow cover. Southern Ontario in the peachgrowing areas
> is prone to open winters.
>
> For USDA Zone 4, my guess is that among peach rootstocks Siberian C would be
> a pretty good choice. St. Julien A might be better for coldhardiness (though
> I wuldn't say good) and is adapted to heavier soils.
>
> I think we have a member working with Prunus X cistena (purpleleaf
> sandcherry, a cross between P. besseyi and P. cerasifera).
>
> Has anyone experimented with Prairie-hardy Prunus tenella ("Russian almond")
> as a peach stock for cold areas, at least for well-drained soils (I don't
> know what P. tenella's tolerance is)?
>
> Doug Woodard
> St. Catharines, Ontario