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Japanese or Manchurian Plum?
…most common fresh eating plums in the USA. They are larger, rounder (or heart shaped), and firmer than European plums and are primarily grown for fresh market. Damsons, Bullace plums,…
Read MoreTART-CHERRY AND PLUM OBSERVATIONS
…yet unnamed new plum from the Prosser breeding program, Prosser Plum 7524-7. The trees I want to discuss are those that have borne for 2-3 years. They all went…
Read MoreHardy Plums
…by Bob Boyer and plums grown by Bob Purvis (at his Minnesota orchard.) The plums were ones that Purvis thought might do well for us. If I got it…
Read MoreEUROPEAN PLUMS FOR ALASKA
…species of Prunus European plums are less hardy (zones 8-4) than the American hybrid plums, but hardier than Japanese plums (Prunus salicina). Generally self-fertile, they bear fruit on fairly long-lived…
Read MoreWINTER 1996-97 SURVIVAL
…PLUM PROLIFIC PROMATE PTITSON 5 PLUM PT1TSON 9 PLUM QUALITY RAE IME RED ASTRACHIN RED BARON RED COAT PLUM RED FLESH RED GLOW PLUM REDGRAVENSTEIN RED HEART RED PEPPIN RED…
Read MoreA plum tree in Interior Alaska – 1988
…the plants about 12 years ago and called them Eskimo plums (Vic thinks they are Manchurian plums) and planted them on the south side of their house. The tree is…
Read MoreCHERRY PLUM REPORT
By Clair J. Lammers This year I had good success with growing and ripening four (4) varieties of cherry plums in the interior of Alaska. The following is a…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE SURVIVAL RECORD, WINTER 1989 -1990 FAIRBANKS ALASKA
…Early Joe, Imperial Gaia, Kerr, Lowland Raspberry, Norhey, Noran. Royal Gala, Yellow Transparent (Brewer Strain). Stone fruit and misc.: Americana plum, Sapa plum, Toka plum, sand cherry, aannaberry and gooseberry….
Read More1988-89 WINTER HARDINESS REPORT: Purvis
…the snow, but his Stanley plum had only slight winterkill above the snow line, and likewise his Compass cherry-plum. Of the apricots Rich has tried in west Anchorage, only…
Read MoreORCHARD REPORT – Interior Summer 1995
…Westland 8/28 Manchurian 8/31 Yellow plum *Patterson 8/31 Norland 8/31 Dolgo 8/31 Norda 8/31 Noret 8/31 *Brookgold plum 8/31 *Brookred plum 9/3 *Heyer 6 9/3 *Golden Uralian 9/3 Rostherm 15…
Read MoreSpindle Galls on Local Tree
…plum tree. They were called spindle galls and were caused by the insect Verates aceriscrumena. A possible connection between the maple and the plum tree might be that my…
Read MoreFRUIT-RIPENING DATES IN FAIRBANKS
…Manchurian Yellow Plum 8/31 Norland ’’ Dolgo ’’ Norda ’’ Noret ’’ Northland 9/4 Ptitson #9 Plum 9/5 Assiniboine Plum 9/6 Sapa C.P. ’’ Hiawatha C.P. 9/7 Arbor Dale ’’…
Read MoreGRAFTING AND BUDDING OF FRUIT TREES
…61, or 79. Plums may be grafted to plum, peach, apricot, or almond rootstocks. “Pixie” is a semidwarfing plum rootstock compatible with both European, Japanese, and American hybrid plums. Prunus…
Read MoreAt War with Voles and Fungi
…seedling plum. A potted Opal plum on a Myroban root is acting strangely this summer. At this writing, July 24, it has 25 leaves and 25 green plums the size…
Read MoreWhy Fruit Trees Fail to Bear
…Plum. Since most varieties of Japanese and American plums are self-unfruitful, plant two or more varieties together. Biennial Bearing Occasionally, certain fruit trees such as apples bear heavily one…
Read MoreOverwintering Fruit trees in Alaska 1988
During the winters of 1986 and 1987 and 1987 to 1988 I overwintered in pots, a number of apple, pear, plum, apricot, and sweet and tart cherry trees. The decision…
Read MoreVISIT TO ST. LAWRENCE NURSERIES
…I had with Toka plum trees from Lawyer being in deep dormancy, a problem practically unknown in his own nursery operation. When I related how the plum’s bark had been…
Read MoreTHE HAINES FRUIT SEASON
…job. Many of my trees bloomed for the first time, including my ‘Summer Crisp’ pear and ‘Mt. Royal’ plum. Since my other pear tree, Hudar’ did not bloom, none of…
Read MoreANOTHER VISIT TO THE WHITEHORSE GARDENS
…‘Peter’ pear were doing well as were the ‘following plums: ‘Bounty’, ‘Northern’, ‘Dandy’, ‘Brookred’ and ‘Pembina’. The following plants had top dieback: ‘Brookgold’ plum, ‘Ptitsin #5’ plum, Japanese plum, and…
Read MoreFruit Performance Summary for Anchorage and Hope
…slowly. These are cultivars found and sold by St. Lawrence Nurseries Potsdam, NY. Plums. The ‘Pembina’ plum which Rich Raynor planted about 1984 is still alive in spite of…
Read MoreFRUIT GROWING IN MINNESOTA- FIRST IMPRESSIONS
…has offered in recent years. The primary insect pest of plums here is plum curcuho, but it is rarely a problem. Black knot is the most common disease of plums…
Read MoreFRUIT GROWING IN ALASKA vs. WASHINGTON
…cherry, apricot and plum trees I planted there grew quite well. There was sufficient rainfall (22” per year) such that only in July, August and sometimes September was supplemental irrigation…
Read MoreSWEATING IT OUT WITH TOKA
By Robert Purvis On the first of May, I spoke with Lawyer Nursery about problems that chapter members were having with the Toka plum trees they’d shipped to us….
Read MoreBench Grafting Stone Fruits In The Spring
…at about 65 to 70F, but like cherry they need to be kept in a high-humidity environment. Plum grafts seem to callus OK at the same temperature as apricots. I…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Peters CreeK – 2002
…quarts of applesauce and 10 gallons of cider. We continued to have minor problems with scab and leaf rollers. Still no apple maggots, stem borers, plum curculios, codling moths,…
Read MoreNursery Tour
…fruit, but the beverage from the flowering quince was great! (Zone 4) Brooks Plum (Prunus spp.) was wonderfully sweet, with no bitterness in the peel. Very large for a…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Cottage Grove, Minnesota – 2001
…fresh and of the perfect size, so I budded it onto two Marianna 2624 plum rootstocks as part of a summer budding class I gave. However, the real issue with…
Read MoreANNUAL ALASKAN-GROWN APPLE TASTING
…the apples. We tasted 31 varieties of apples, a dozen repeats of these same varieties, two varieties of pear, and one each apricot and plum. The highest- rated apples this…
Read MoreSOME TIPS FROM GARFIELD SHULTS
By Bob Boyer Garfield Shults, an earnest experimental grafter from Homedale, Idaho, says that cherry plums will double or triple in size if budded on apricot rootstock. He…
Read More1993 APPLE TASTING RESULTS
…delicious! There were over 20 varieties of apples available to taste (and one green Compass cherry plum), and 18 people turned in their evaluation sheets so that I could report…
Read MoreCold injury to fruit trees a big concern
…trees can take many forms, including: Blackheart: Fairly common. The pith is killed and heartwood darkened. Gumming occurs with cell death. It’s found in apple, peach, cherry, plum and pear….
Read MoreFrom the Editor’s Garden
…It also brought many disappointments to my garden. The Opal plums which bore fruit for the first time last year died completely, rootstock and all. Last year’s opal grafts on…
Read MoreSURVIVAL OF FRUIT TREES IN DELTA JUNCTION 1988-89
…????. All five of our manchurian plum rootstocks survived, but two ‘Bradshaw’ grafts on the above rootstocks died. One ‘Ure’ pear survived, but a Ussurian graft on it…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE SURVIVAL RECORD FOR WINTER OF 91-92 IN FAIRBANKS, AK.
…CLAY, HIBURNAL, BROOKRED JOHN IRISH PEACH, LOWLAND RASBERY, MANDEN, FOFONOFF KING SOBIESKI MELBA, ORIOLE, QUINTE, ROSTHERN 15, GOFF MISHURN SHARON, STATE FAIR, PLUMS: TOKA, WANETA KAGA NOVA CHERRY PLUMS: HIAWAITHIA,…
Read MoreINCREASING APPLE CULTIVAR HARDINESS TO -40° F
…peach trees with ultra hardy Saskatchewan plums grafted in the branches had no winter damage whatsoever! Percy Wright theorized that the hardy plum grafts had caused the peach trees to…
Read MoreFrom the Editor’s Garden 2005
…apple trees and one of my opal plums (no fruit). I think I should consider staking them, though I have never had a problem before. I have doubts that the…
Read MoreORCHARD REPORT, June 3, 1995 – Fairbanks
… U ENIGMA B EREMONT RUSSET U HRICKSON SLIGHT ERSKINE #1 PLUM EURIKA U EVANS CHERRY U …
Read MorePREPARING TOUR FRUIT TREES FOR WINTER
…plum. All of these survived, howbeit there was some winter injury on the pears. In summary, preparing fruit trees for winter involves proper management of fertilizer and water; proper…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Peters Creek – 2002
…the mountain ash Shipova started budding. Sungold apricots had fruit by May 10, and the outside cherries in pots started budding. In the greenhouse, small plums came out on the…
Read MoreREVISED SURVIVAL FOR WINTER 1995-1996
…Luke 90 MacDonald Mac Gore St. D Malowsky S D Manalta D Manch. Blue Manch. Red Manch. Walnut Manch. Yellow Manchurian Plum Manden 62-1…
Read MoreHardy kiwi: a potential crop for northern growers
…a small plum, and are sweeter than their better known cousins. In addition, the vines can take temperatures to -20˚ F., and need 200 hours of chill at 38˚F or…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Edmonton – 2001
…fruit set had traditionally not been a problem, the trees were loaded. Those growers who have pollination problems picked very few plums. We often joke about apricot and plum trees…
Read MoreFRUIT FACTS FROM EDMONTON
…it is now available from Saanichton. Bernie rates “Pembina” and “Brookgold” plums as outstanding in flavor. “Pembina” ripens 12 days after “Norland” apples in Edmonton (September 3 versus August…
Read MoreOrchard Report Peter’s Creek August 30, 2001
…extra fan. The tomatoes outside are almost untouched by the fungus. I grew Johnny’s 361, Bellstar paste, Early Temptation, Stupice, and Milano plum this year. Stupice and Milano are my…
Read MoreOREOLE APPLE TREE
…parrot who shreds and eats both bark and wood. I’ve had no insect problem since I started painting the trunks and longer branches of the apple, plum, and cherry trees…
Read MoreKETCHIKAN ORCHARD REPORT
…for the early blooming cherries and plums was terrible. We did not get a single cherry from seven different varieties of sweet cherries, and the only plum to set fruit…
Read MoreOrchard Report: EAST ANCHORAGE—Kevin Irvin
…at the end of August, which I might add, enabled me to enter them in the fair! My unknown plum never did ripen, this was the first year I had…
Read MoreANNUAL TASTING OF ALASKA- GROWN APPLES
…rated the apples. We tasted 31 varieties of apples, a dozen repeats of these same varieties, two varieties of pear, and one each apricot and plum. The highest-rated apples this…
Read MorePhoto Gallery
…of Parkland apples Carrol apple Prairie Magic Silken apple Evans cherries, unripe Evans cherry (close-up) Red Jade currant Honeyberries Jahns Prairie gooseberry Peach Tree, wintered–over, one year Opal Plum, unripe…
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