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[Henry <treehugger53ah@yahoo.com>]

I asked a Canadian grower who ships CVI fruit to the USA.

He said:

"I put this to the office for their comments...here was the overall consensus:

"'We talked to Wilbert about this variety - he says it’s a very old cultivar. 
 I don’t foresee it becoming a variety that will be put through the paces to 
become a virus-tested and available to the US market.'

"Sorry Henry...doesn't seem to be cost effective..."

--Henry Fieldseth
 MInneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4


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On Fri, 3/31/17, Henry via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

 Subject: [nafex] Fofonoff plum aka Homesteader
 To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters" 
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
 Cc: "Henry" <treehugger53ah@yahoo.com>
 Date: Friday, March 31, 2017, 11:46 AM
 
 This sounds like an interesting
 plum.
 
 Do any of you know of a source in the USA?  
 
 Canadian growers would need a virus certified source to ship
 to the USA.
 
 --Henry Fieldseth
 MInneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4
 
 
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 On Wed, 3/29/17, Sam Brungardt <sam739is@hotmail.com>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re: [nafex] [NAFEX] What the crazy lady in zone 3
 is trying to grow.
  To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit
 Experimenters" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 12:05 AM
  
  Jim, I'm not familiar
  with this plum, but it also goes by the name
  'Homesteader'.  It is supposed to have a green skin
  with a red blush.  I imagine the green turns to a
 yellowish
  green when it is  fully ripe.   It is sold by
  DNA Gardens in Canada.  Some sources say it is hardy to
  Zone 2. -- Sam
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