Posted by jdemaris on March 26, 2010 at 15:24:46 from (72.171.0.148):
In Reply to: OT trees posted by LOU from Wi. on March 26, 2010 at 13:07:51:
Good luck. I tried Reliance peaches and it wound up being a waste of time and money. Trees were short lived, they constantly tried to let their root stock take over the tree-top, and what little fruit we got - tasted lousy. We get temps down to 30 below F once in awhile. Can't say I've heard of Contender, but I haven't been keeping up with the latest. I got over my "fruit phase" when I was buying all kinds of Siberian-rated fruit trees. None panned out.
Funny thing is, there's an old farm near me that has several very old fruit trees. An ancient Pound Sweet apple tree and a peach tree that does very well. Nobody seems to know what the heck it is though. If I was more talented, I'd try to clone it. The farm IS by a large pond though, and perhaps the water buffers the temp-extremes a bit.
I've found over time that it's hard to beat varieties of trees found locally. Just not always easy to get. I found that especially true with rhubarb and blueberries. We've got tons of both on our old farm land. Probably been here for 150-200 years. Many times I've bought rhubarb from nurseries to plant in other parts of my properties, and none has ever done as well as our native varities. Same with 9 out of 10 types of low-bush blueberries I've tried.
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