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["Mark and Alisha Fehringer" <markandalishafehringer@peetzplace.com>]

The question was asked about using Prunus americana, native American plum, as 
a rootstock for peach.  I budded some peaches onto native plum roots 5-6 
years ago with mixed results.  Each year they put on a nice growth of 2-4'.  
The grafts seem plenty strong as they hold up against our high winds.  
However they probably have had at least 90% dieback each winter.  Last summer 
I mounded some earth up around them to try to get the peach to self-root and 
they appear to have overwintered very well this time, but of course I'm not 
sure there's a connection.  I was going to remove them this spring if they 
had severe dieback, but it looks like they might be pardoned another year.

Mark
Northeast Colorado
zone 4 and windy
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From: Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
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Melissa,

You may have one that is self-fertile, which is rare, but certainly possible. 
You should bag a few flowers this summer and hand-pollinate and see if you 
get fruit, just to be absolutely certain. I know a few folks who would be 
interested in a self-fertile maypop, particularly if it ripens fruit in zone 
5a NY. Did your maypop come from a northern source? Are you giving it any 
protection?

Hal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:48:13 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pollination problem

I have one maypop here in zone 5a, and I'm sure there are no others in the 
neighborhood. It set lets of fruit, and some of them even had time to ripen. 
They were delicious.

Melissa
Ithaca, NY

--- On Sun, 3/27/11, Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 11:24 AM
> Since you say "The plant", I assume
> you only had one? Maypop is self-incompatible, and you would
> need a second different maypop for cross-pollination. Even
> with two plants and fruit set, the fruit would likely never
> ripen in a zone 4 growing season.
>
> Hal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>
>
> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:02:51 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Pollination problem
>
> I would love to try growing pawpaws here since the USDA has
> declared my
> area to now be in zone 4. I am hesitant because I've had
> problems with
> pollination with other fruits I've tried. I'll pick Maypop
> as an example.
> The plant grew well and bloomed profusely but the local
> bees failed to
> recognize the flowers as flowers, giving it no pollination.
>
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
> 4002 Davis Street
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
>
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