Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
American plum
(
Prunus americana
) can be a good rootstock for plums in
general, but it may sucker heavily. Use American plum seedlings as root-
stocks for Japanese-American plum hybrid varieties.
WESTERN SANDCHERRY ROOTSTOCKS
Western sandcherry (
Prunus besseyi
) seedlings serve as semidwarfing
rootstocks. Unfortunately, these rootstocks sucker badly, produce
inferior-quality fruit, and are partially incompatible with plum varieties.
They are not recommended.
TABLE 6.1
Suggested Apricot Varieties
This list is based, in part, on recommendations by Bob Purvis, chair of
the North American Fruit Explorers Apricot Interest Group.
Alfred
Climate Zones:
Zones 4-8
Notes:
The small to medium-sized fruits have good flavor. The trees
are reportedly very hardy and dependably productive.
Autumn Royal
Climate Zones:
Zones 5-9
