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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dave Wilson Nursery/ Zaiger all new lineup
« on: February 01, 2024, 04:26:36 PM »
Janet, do you happen to have any scions from your Cristobalina I might be able to purchase from you? I missed Arboreum's purchase window, so no luck there. Thanks!
Patty S.
Patty S.
Nectarines are one of my favorite fruits, so I’ve trialed everything low chill over the years. I hand remove the blossoms and the fruits are clean, but I imagine that would be way too time consuming for you. If you want to try Maria’s Gold let me know, it doesn’t look like any other nectarine and blooms later and I don’t think it has a russeting issue, it’s really good. Interesting that Flavor King doesn’t bloom well for you, I would think you had more winter chill than me. I wonder if it’s because you get hot days in the spring? I have a low chill, self fertile cherry from Spain, Cristobalina, if you want to try it. Tree is still small but I can share a scion with you. I definitely want to try some of the new low chill trees from Dave Wilson when they’re available. I don’t remember which one, but I think they described one of the new low chill nectarines as no russeting.
Have you heard of the Adara plum? There is research on it being used as a rootstock and interstem for cherry trees and other stone fruits because it handles alkaline soil conditions. Plum is the easiest tree in my yard, so I’m going to experiment with using it as an interstem for apricot and peach/ nectarine as well. Some of the most widely used rootstock for stone fruits, especially cherry, don’t do well in my heavy clay and alkaline soil.
https://journals.ashs.org/downloadpdf/journals/hortsci/30/6/article-p1316.pdf
Janet