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[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Hi Steven,
     This must have been 25 years ago and I don't have any record of who the 
man was.  Only that he lived in Florida.  He called it wild goose.  I didn't 
know it was munsoniana till Gennadi told me.
    I'd be glad to send you scion wood but would need a reminder in Feb, 
March.  Probably Feb would be best as we can get warm weather in March.
      I have some other plums, but wild goose flowers just a little later.  
The other plums are Russian, myrobalan hybrids.  
      I hope this is helpful.   Best wishes,   Hector   

On Dec 1, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Steven Covacci wrote:

> Hi Hector,
> 
> 
> That sounds great!  I'd definitely appreciate some scion-wood, if you 
> wouldn't mind sending me some in the spring.  I just want to make sure it's 
> the proper cultivar 'Wild Goose' and not the species also called 
> wild-goose.  Prunus munsoniana goes under a number of species common names 
> (wild-goose plum, Munson's plum, etc.).  Three old varieties of P. 
> munsoniana are 'Late Goose' (available through ARS), 'Improved Wild Goose' 
> (probably lost to history), and 'Wild Goose' which is hopefully the one you 
> have.  Would you mind asking the person who gave you the plum from Florida 
> if its variety name is 'Wild Goose' in addition to the species.  So, we're 
> talking 'Wild Goose' variety of wild-goose plum.  I have no idea why they 
> thought it a good idea to label the cultivar by the species name.  That 
> would be as confusing then, say, labeling a cultivated variety of wild rice 
> as also 'Wild Rice'.
> 
> 
> Do you have other plums which pollinate your "Wild Goose" plum.  Because 
> one characteristic of P. munsoniana is that it is not self-fertile and if 
> your plum fruits without a pollinator, then it is likely a hydrid between 
> P. munsoniana (wild goose) and another species of plum that, unlike P. 
> musoniana, bears perfect-flowers. 
> 
> 
> If you don't communicate any long with the person who gave you the plum but 
> know his name, I'd gladly look him up and see if I might be able to get in 
> contact with him.  
> 
> 
> Thank you very much!
> Steve NJ
> 
> 
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> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:52:38 -0600
> From: Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Prunus munsoniana cv. 'Wild Goose'
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> I have a plum which was called "Wild Goose" that I got from someone in 
> Florida 
> many years ago.  It has a red-purple skin and yellow flesh, is a pretty 
> reliable 
> bearer in this late frost prone area.  Branches break from overload of 
> fruit.  
> Some damage from curculio but always some fruit.   I believe Gennadi Eremin 
> recognized it as munsoniana when he was here.  Plenty of scion wood.
>      Hector Black, zone 6 middle tn.
> 
> 
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Steven Covacci wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> I'm looking for scion-wood of Munson's Plum cv. 'Wild Goose' - Prunus 
> munsoniana.  Does anyone know someone who might have this cutlivar or 
> another 
> cultivar (other than an open-pollinated seedling of this variety, and other 
> than 
> the cultivar 'Late Goose' which is really a selection of a subspecies of P. 
> munsoniana - ARS has it)?___________________________
> 
> 
> 
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