To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ultra Hardy European Plums
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:17:34 -0800
I read somewhere about very short orchards - in Siberia, I think.
I'm not sure whether they get reliable snow cover to protect the
trees, or whether it's sufficiently warm near the ground so that the
buds don't freeze. Has anyone tried something like that on the
Prairies? You'd have to bud your own trees, really low.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil