Seed Treatment: For spring sowing, stratify seeds in moist sand for 30-60 days in a greenhouse, then cold stratify (36-41 degrees) for 60-90 days. Plant well before high temperatures." ...

To end up with a good-tasting fruit from a tree grown from seed has always been a tenuous proposition. All apple, pear, plum, and peach varieties are clones, propagated by grafting or cuttings.

To end up with a good-tasting fruit from a tree grown from seed has always been a tenuous proposition. All apple, pear, plum and peach varieties are clones, propagated by grafting or cuttings.

Varieties of Japanese plum fruits are yellow or light red, but never purple-blue. Japanese plums will produce better crops when cross-pollinated. In my garden, I have an Elephant Heart and a Santa ...

Then plum-tree breeders solved both problems by crossing American plums with Japanese types, creating delicious, beautiful fruit on rough and rugged trees. For the past 150 years, gardeners have ...