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[nafex] Re: Hardiness/topworking observations
Re topworking plums - All topworking of various hardy prairie plums
> (Pembina, Brook Red, etc) on Americana seem fully hardy for me,
Bernie, have you noticed any INCREASE in hardiness? My Superior plums
have died back every single year for 8 or 9 years, so this year I
grafted them high onto P americana, I am very hopefull that next year
I will have live Superior wood above the snow line.
As an example, Mount Royal grafted on Americana at ground level makes
a very
> dwarfy, 3 ft. bush with poor production from what I've seen, but it
does
> seem to survive.
Yes, Frank Foltz grafts his Mt Royals onto P americana and advises
his customers to bury the union so that the Mt Royal will root.
Kevin B
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