To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Wild fruit (beach plums) provide a tart treat
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:16:01 -0400
Around here, beach plums -- mine, at least -- mature at the very end of
summer.
Lee, in the Hudson Valley of NY
Mark Lee wrote:
Lucky,
When
you said they set and matured a good crop of fruit last year, are you referring
to last summer? If so, how are they doing this summer? I understand
that now is the harvest time for beach plums in their native setting.
Also,
the Oikos website that you provided a link to lists a Dwarf
Beach Plum NANA which sounds interesting
Precocious
fruiting dwarf form developed by finding five individuals from 4000 plants
that fruited one year from seed and then isolating them from the rest of
our planting. Fruit size is a little smaller than the species but the productivity
is greater. True to type from seed. Unlike the more typical species this
form is slower growing and more compact so the plant doesnt lean over
with age. Even if you are not into the fruit the dense white flowers in
spring are worth the wait of winter. Really a beautiful ornamental.
I
would like to hear from anyone that has tried this plum.
-Mark
Lee,
Seattle
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RE: [NAFEX] Wild fruit (beach plums) provide a tart treat
At
07:29 AM 8/11/2004 -0700, Mark wrote:
Does
anyone in NAFEX grow beach plums in an environment that is not near the
beach?
I've got two seedling beach
plums that I purchased from Ken Asmus at OIKOS Tree Crops, several years
ago. Planted along the edge of my orchard, close to the European
& Japanese hybrid plums, though I don't recall if their bloom periods
overlap. I'm probably 500-600 miles from a beach, discounting the
swimming beach I made at the farm pond a hundred feet away from these beach
plums.
The two bushes I've got
are quite disparate in size - one's about 3 ft tall, the other at least
6 ft. No problem with brown rot or any other disease/pest(that I've
noticed), and they're not (yet) suckering - if that's a trait of the species.
I have a good clay soil, and these are located in a spot with good drainage,
but definitely not a beach setting.
They set and matured a good
crop of fruit last year - small, but tasty, and many just dried up on the
plants after ripening, almost like raisins, without dropping.
Lucky
Pittman
USDA Cold Zone
6
AHS Heat Zone
7
Hopkinsville,
KY
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