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[Deb Schneider <debs913@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> I had good luck with Puget Gold in eastern MA, until it dropped dead one 
> summer. (Probably borers.) The one I gave to a friend in Cambridge (milder 
> climate) is now huge and extremely productive.
>
> I had nice crops until the squirrels discovered the fruit. Then I got no 
> crop at all. As soon as the apricots got close to ripe, they would all 
> disappear off the tree.
>
> Ginda
>
> On May 27, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Robert Bruns wrote:
>
>> Steve -
>>
>> You might try Harlayne - a late bloomer that ripens much later than
>> Early Blush.  It was developed in Harrow, Ontario, which due to the
>> lake effect probably has a climate similar to New Jersey.  It is
>> carried by Gurneys and several other nurseries.
>>
>> I have had good luck with Hungarian Rose here in Indiana (zone 5b).
>> It is also a late bloomer.  I bought it from Stark Bros but it isn't
>> available anymore.  I could send scionwood next spring.
>>
>> The problem with sweet pit apricots (like Hungarian Rose) is that
>> squirrels will chew into the green apricots to get to the pits.  Once
>> one squirrel figures out how to do it, the whole neighborhood will
>> beat a path to your tree.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> On 5/27/12, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have an Early Blush apricot and am looking for a second variety - I live
>>> in zone 6b/7a New Jersey.   It looks like Jerseycot will be a 
>>> late-bloomer,
>>> but disease prone.
>>> I was considering Tomcot; but maybe Montrose will be a better idea.  One
>>> thing about Montrose (which I do not know to be true of Early Blush or
>>> Tomcot) is that it has a sweet-pit; that gives it a big advantage, if I 
>>> can
>>> use it as an almond substitute.
>>> Thank you,
>>> Steve; NJ
>>>
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