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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1475245" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I'm a fruit-growing fool. Have killed a bunch of stuff over the past 25 years... survivors are pretty much bomb-proof.</p><p> </p><p>Only plum that I've found worth the space it takes up is the native Chickasaw plum... European, Japanese hybrids, etc. just don't work... Chickasaws, though, bear like crazy, have minimal problems with brown rot, and the plum curculios don't bother them too bad. </p><p>I've got two clumps, a small red-fruited type from tiny little suckers I rescued out of the cow pasture, and a big yellow-fruited one that I got from a roadside thicket a couple of miles up the road. They sucker like crazy. A friend from FL sent scions of the 'Guthrie' cultivar that I grafted onto several stems... it's almost pingpong ball size, and has, to me, a 'peachy' flavor to it. It's GREAT!</p><p></p><p>Pawpaws are everywhere throughout the woods here, but fruiting is sparse, and the ones I've eaten are not very good. I've got a few grafted varieties growing - grafted onto seedlings of named selections... fruits are larger and tastier than any of the local wild ones I've ever eaten. Anymore though, I can eat one pawpaw, and that's enough to suit me for a year or two. </p><p>Persimmons are more to my liking.</p><p></p><p>Most folks wouldn't think mayhaws would work here in KY, but I've been growing 'em for nearly 20 years... Have about a half-dozen named varieties grafted onto native cockspur hawthorn, planted in a low spot along the driveway. Cedar-hawthorn rust is the biggest problem... some years it gets most of the fruits before they ripen, but I usually manage to get enough to make a small batch of jelly every year. </p><p></p><p>Blackberries... Kiowa is my go-to; HUGE berries - I can pick a gallon or two in about 10 minutes - but they're thorny as all get-out. </p><p>Mulberries... every critter loves a mulberry, but none better than me. Illinois Everbearing, Silk Hope, and Stearns are the best varieties in my plantings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1475245, member: 12607"] I'm a fruit-growing fool. Have killed a bunch of stuff over the past 25 years... survivors are pretty much bomb-proof. Only plum that I've found worth the space it takes up is the native Chickasaw plum... European, Japanese hybrids, etc. just don't work... Chickasaws, though, bear like crazy, have minimal problems with brown rot, and the plum curculios don't bother them too bad. I've got two clumps, a small red-fruited type from tiny little suckers I rescued out of the cow pasture, and a big yellow-fruited one that I got from a roadside thicket a couple of miles up the road. They sucker like crazy. A friend from FL sent scions of the 'Guthrie' cultivar that I grafted onto several stems... it's almost pingpong ball size, and has, to me, a 'peachy' flavor to it. It's GREAT! Pawpaws are everywhere throughout the woods here, but fruiting is sparse, and the ones I've eaten are not very good. I've got a few grafted varieties growing - grafted onto seedlings of named selections... fruits are larger and tastier than any of the local wild ones I've ever eaten. Anymore though, I can eat one pawpaw, and that's enough to suit me for a year or two. Persimmons are more to my liking. Most folks wouldn't think mayhaws would work here in KY, but I've been growing 'em for nearly 20 years... Have about a half-dozen named varieties grafted onto native cockspur hawthorn, planted in a low spot along the driveway. Cedar-hawthorn rust is the biggest problem... some years it gets most of the fruits before they ripen, but I usually manage to get enough to make a small batch of jelly every year. Blackberries... Kiowa is my go-to; HUGE berries - I can pick a gallon or two in about 10 minutes - but they're thorny as all get-out. Mulberries... every critter loves a mulberry, but none better than me. Illinois Everbearing, Silk Hope, and Stearns are the best varieties in my plantings. [/QUOTE]
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