Posts Tagged ‘plum’
Schlies Orchard Report 2006
Schlies Orchard Report 2006 By Tami Schlies This was a good year for fruit yield at our house. Almost every apple tree produced fruit, and the Evan’s cherries actually produced enough for a couple of pies (well, would have if my son had not had a feast one day while he was looking for duck…
Read MoreJapanese or Manchurian Plum?
By Kevin Irvin This information was taken from the following website: http://www.uga.edu/fruit/plum.html There seems to be some confusion on what to call Prunus salicina, Japanese or Manchurian Plum? What do you call it? The two names Japanese and Manchurian have been inner changed quite frequently, so let me help clarify why this is so and…
Read MoreHardy Plums
By Debbie Hinchey (Edited by Bob Purvis) At the apple pressing hosted at Dan and Miriam Elliott’s home on September 8, 2005, we were treated to delicious greenhouse-grown apples by Bob Boyer and plums grown by Bob Purvis (at his Minnesota orchard.) The plums were ones that Purvis thought might do well for…
Read MoreBench Grafting Stone Fruits In The Spring
By BOB PURVIS Bench-grafting stone fruits in the spring can be done, but the requirements for success are more rigorous than are those for apples or pears. In late January I discussed with Dr. Brian Smith, the stone-fruit breeder at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls, what the requirements are for bench-grafting cherries. …
Read MoreAugust 2002 Tours
by DAN ELLIOT APFG Members had an enjoyable and educational visit to Gene and Alaine Dinkle’s on Fairview Loop Road in Wasilla on a wet evening in August. From giant cabbages to little crabapples, we were impressed by the variety and productivity of the established plantings. The prolific, large clump of red currant was called…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Peters Creek – 2002
Orchard Reports by Tami Schlies We got to see the wonderful acreage of Larry and Judy Wilmarth out in South Anchorage in July, and she gave us some notes I thought I would include in this issue. They have a huge greenhouse where they keep some of their potted fruit plants in the winter. They…
Read MoreAt War with Voles and Fungi
by Tom Marshall During the spring of the Year 2002 an army of voles invaded the orchard on my homestead west of Wasilla, Alaska. They were probably attracted by the white clover in the lawn surrounding the trees. The invaders girdled 6 trees killing them outright and severely retarded 6 more trees. Unfortunately, one…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Edmonton – 2001
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by THEAN PHEH November 28, 2001 I live in Edmonton which has a microclimate in Zone 3. I also have contacts with other growers in Zone3 and 2 in Central Alberta. The first killing frost of 2000 arrived late, giving the plants about two extra weeks to prepare for the…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Ketchikan – 2001
Ketchikan, Alaska by JERROLD KOERNER December 26, 2001 We are late in getting out our written evaluations on our trials of early ripening apple varieties here at the nursery. Ketchikan experienced another horrible spring, much like the spring of 1999. The apple bloom was delayed more than four weeks, spring temperatures were below normal, and…
Read MoreWhy Fruit Trees Fail to Bear
reprinted with permission from WSUCE publication Your fruit tree normally will begin to bear fruit soon after it has become old enough to blossom freely. Nevertheless, the health of your tree, its environment, fruiting habits, and the cultural practices you use can influence its ability to produce fruit. Adequate pollination is also essential to fruit…
Read MoreTART-CHERRY AND PLUM OBSERVATIONS
TART-CHERRY OBSERVATIONS by Bob Purvis In 1993 I planted a Meteor tart cherry on a Mazzard rootstock and in 1994, a Baird pie cherry, grafted from the tree in Bill Baird’s yard in Anchorage. This year I had the opportunity to watch closely as both trees set a good crop of cherries and ripened…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE SURVIVAL RECORD FOR WINTER OF 91-92 IN FAIRBANKS, AK.
The following had no winter injury: APPLE 922 END IMP. BATTLEFORD RED SUMBO AKANE JACQUES RED WELL AL MA SWEET JOHN WALLACE RENOWN ANOROS JORDAN RUSSET RESCUE ARBOR DALE KEEPSAKE ROMFO UNKNOWN ARCTIC RED KERR ROSTHERN 18 BATTLEFORD LEAFLAND ROSYBROOK BIDDY LIVELAND RASBERRY SCOT 144 BREAKEY LODI SEPT. RUBY BREAKEY X CRIMSON BEAUTY LOWELL …
Read MoreEUROPEAN PLUMS FOR ALASKA
By Bob Purvis Over the past 10 years, a number of early-ripening apple varieties have become available to Alaskan fruit growers. Only a little work has been done, however, on finding European plum (Prunus domestics) cultivars suitable for Alaska, but there are some good reasons for considering them for home orchards south of the…
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 brief description of each: Hiawatha: Fruits are, l” long and almost 1” in diameter and are dark red the flesh is purple- red. Ripened…
Read MoreFruit Performance Summary for Anchorage and Hope
By Bob Purvis From 24 to 29 April 1991 i was privileged to spend time with members of the Alaska Chapter of NAFEX. For the benefit and encouragement of those I did not see, I would like to report on progress made by some of our members with various fruit cultivars. Apples. For…
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. Dan Lawyer, one of the officers of the corporation, spoke about a condition called “overdormancy” into which pear and plum trees sometimes slide, in which…
Read MoreA plum tree in Interior Alaska – 1988
Vic Johnson, a Fairbanks NAFEX member, was perusing the fruit exhibits at the Alaska State Fair in Fairbanks this summer when he spotted an entry of ripe plums! He got the name of the entrant from the tag and called Roxanne Braban who lives at 6.5 mile old Richardson Highway, North Pole. Roxanne told Vic…
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 to grow things in pots was based on these considerations: First, a black plastic pot provides a warm environment for growing new roots on bare-root…
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