Be sure you know which is which with Peach Plum. There is an old European variety called the Peach Plum which is NOT an interspecific hybrid. It's main virtue is as a reasonably good very early plum. It's more susceptible to disease than other European types, however.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jan 10, 2005, at 8:40 AM, Martin Weber wrote:
Dear fruit growers,
I need a larger amount of stones (seed) from Apriums, Peach-Plums and Peachcots, because I want to study the germination of interspecific Prunus seeds.