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[Deb Schneider <debs913@gmail.com>]

Miller Nurseries has a "Big Blue" Plum.  I've got one that is growing well
in its second year.

deb

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:25 PM, PATTY <jrplelie@centurylink.net> wrote:

> Hello Anton,
>
> If you have searched for many varieties, the odds of a synonym or two
> existing is quite good.  I was just looking for Early Victoria apple and
> through a bit of surfing discovered that a synonym is Emneth Early.
>  Anyway,  Nick Botner has a Blue Giant which could be your Grosser Bleue.
>  It looks like he has the Victoria Plum.  He has several Reine Claude
> varieties.
>
> The web address may help with descriptions of some of the older varieties.
>
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=t4VvoDU06S8C&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=gideon+Sweet+apple&source=bl&ots=LCAW0GG-9t&sig=zNByQxPZ3JDmWzNWoQlXh_KDQpI&hl=en#v=onepage&q=gideon%20Sweet%20apple&f=false
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jim Elie
> z5
> Pulaski WI
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Wondering if anyone knows of any sources in the states - either nursery
> trees or scionwood of the following hard to find plums. . . or if you
> have trialed any of these and how they performed.  I believe these were
> all trialed in Canada, though some have origins in the US.  Emerald and
> Omaha I believe were also trialed in MN in the early 1900s.  I'm
> especially interested in the first three hybrids.
>
> hybrids:
> Elliot - U of MN release in 1920
> Emerald - Nebraska origin circa 1900
> Omaha - sister of Emerald circa 1900
>
> european (p. domestica)
> levis
> l'islet
> reine claude de montmorency - imported to Cananda in late 1700's
> victoria (not 'victory') - old english (i think) variety
>
> other:
> grosse bleue?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Anton Ptak
> zone 4a w. wisconsin
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