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,…

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TART-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…

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Hardy 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…

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EUROPEAN 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…

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WINTER 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…

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CHERRY 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…

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ORCHARD 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…

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Spindle 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…

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FRUIT-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 ’’…

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GRAFTING 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…

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At 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…

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Why 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…

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VISIT 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…

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THE 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…

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ANOTHER 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…

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FRUIT 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…

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SWEATING 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….

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Nursery 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…

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ANNUAL 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…

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SOME 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…

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1993 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…

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Cold 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….

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From 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…

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From 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…

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PREPARING 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…

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Orchard 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…

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FRUIT 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…

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OREOLE 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…

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KETCHIKAN 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…

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ANNUAL 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…

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Photo 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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