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Old June 16, 2013   #2
bower
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You must have the Beaverlodge Slicer? I'm growing Beaverlodge Plum, and the fruit are at least pretty (attached), no taste test yet.
Another heavy setter in the determinates I'm trying this year is Siberian Pink. The plant is a bit larger than BLP but not huge, very heavy setting though.

I'm waiting to see which of these plants has 'true' determinate characteristics, like 'ripening fruit all at once' which I've never seen on any plant, or 'not ripening any fruit until all flowers are finished and fruit set complete', which I think may be typical of true determinates.
Some of the others I'm trying are 'semi-determinates' or dwarfs.
Al Kuffa, Cold Set, Kimberley and Siberian Pink were early setters, with about half the number of fruit as Beaverlodge Plum at 90 days from germinating.
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