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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

Yeah, I've heard that story, about it being a plum, before. I don't buy 
it. The original tree is across town from me, here in Tupper Lake. 
Actually, I'm not sure if it's still there, now. The yard where it grew 
is about a 10 minute walk from here.
I'm not sure if it was just before or just after Bill MacKentley 
discovered the tree (for sure it was before it appeared in his catalog), 
a friend of mine, who knew the tree owner, gave to me a basket of the 
fruit. I remember them being thin skinned and kind of oblong. They 
looked a lot like a plum. I saved the seeds from that small basket of 
fruit and grew them. I planted six or seven seedlings on my property, 
gave two to my next door neighbor, and I think 3 to someone a few miles 
away.
I still have 4 of the best seedlings and I have tasted the fruit next 
door. All, every tree, produces small round Manchurian apricots. They 
bloom way before any of my 8 or 9 plum trees.  The fruit size and taste 
varies a bit but all are little round apricots. (My next door neighbor 
turned out to get the best one... I grafted it in my yard later.)

Steve in the Adirondacks



On 5/30/2012 5:55 PM, Steve Herje wrote:
> Adirondack gold is a plum, not an apricot, according to Bob Purvis.  I got
> one from St Lawrence 10+ years ago and took out down after it fruited.  No
> flavor here in southwest wisconsin.  Your mileage may vary.
>
> Steve Herje
> Lone Rock, WI  USDA zone 3-4
> On May 30, 2012 12:55 PM, "John Henderson"<jhenderson@ithaca.edu>  wrote:
>
> > Good to know about Puget Gold, since I just planted one this spring.
> > We had no luck with Moongold and Sungold. Never got any fruit and
> > after five years, both varieties died. Small sample size of one
> > Moongold and two Sungolds, it should be noted. We have an 3 year old
> > Adirondack Gold from St. Lawrence. No fruit yet (but this year was
> > uncommonly unfair to early blossoming varieties), but the tree itself
> > is healthy.
> >
> > John Henderson
> > Sage Hen Farm
> > Lodi, NY
> >
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