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We picked and ate a bunch of what I think were
these hybrids in NM many years ago, and I was disappointed to read that they get
brown rot too badly to grow in the east. So I was very surprised when
David Ulmer, southern plum chairman, recommended American hybrids, and had to go
look them up. there are 3 groups to choose from.
1) P bessyi X Jap
2) P americana XJap
3) P americana X simoni
This spring a couple of wild plum sprouts bloomed
for the first time at our place, and I realized that the little plum thickets I
see here and there must be angustifolia. The two larger trees, sprouts dug
from trees planted in local backyards, must be americana. If this is the
case, I certainly approve of the choice of americana because they
are barely starting to bloom, while the angustifolia is almost
done. The americana crosses not only don't have the serious brown rot
problem that the bessyi crosses have, David tells me they are more resistant
than the Japs. I am hoping they grow as well here as the others, but take
after they am parent in bloom time. My am plums were one of the very few
fruits to come through the big Easter freeze.
Donna
P.S. Fedco carries a number of the american
crosses
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