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The ManyTracks Orchard South Dakota Plum
P.americana, parentage unknown grafted onto sw branch of Waneta Plum 2017 tree on American-plum rootstock First fruit 2023 -- Cut down 2024
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2024 - Decided to give up on Waneta-South Dakota. No fruit (again) on Waneta and what fruit SD had was small and PC bitten. Cut the struggling tree down early September. 2023 - Vigorous, pruning to get some kind of reasonable shape (~ 1/4 of Waneta plum). Full of blossoms, and later fruit! Lot of aphid issues, plus some PC, looked pretty awful, didn't think there was much good fruit. But it set quite a lot in spite of mid 20's freeze late May when in full bloom. 9/22 started dropping ripe plums (latest of all the plums), smallish but good flavor. A few days later freeze forecast so picked rest though weren't all ripe. But they ripened in storage nicely. Used in sauce with apples. 2022 - Continues vigorous, did some pruning to bring down size (with Waneta). Some blossoms half open when 5/23-24 freeze (26 deg). Other plums full bloom. Set a couple of fruit. Didn't get very big or mature, insect damaged. 2021 - Hot, dry spring. 5/18-21 all plums, including South Dakota in latter group (and Waneta in early group, in full bloom. 5/27 four nights freezes 24-30 deg. No fruit. Good summer growth. 2020 - Some blossoms opening 5/29. No fruit. 2019 - Several blossoms first of June. 2018 - Vigorous growth, summer prune some, good graft union. Tried direct grafts nearby, didn't take.
2017 - scion from Bob Purvis, grafted to Waneta, sw branch. Two buds grew, vigorous. Top one --> 14", lower one --> 5". Moderate blight.
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