{"id":1399,"date":"2020-02-25T02:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T02:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oikostreecrops.com\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2020-02-25T02:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T02:26:07","slug":"1399-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oikostreecrops.com\/1399-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Plums – The Durable and Delicious Species Plum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Growing Beach Plums in Michigan Without a Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ken Asmus<\/p>\n

I read about this legendary fruit indigenous to the eastern seaboard that grew in pure sand from an old copy of Organic Gardening in a library and later in a newsletter from the North American Fruit Explorers. People on the east coast often collect it and use it to make jam. I love to make jam. It was a natural fit.<\/p>\n

In the mid 80’s, I .purchased one hundred plants from a wholesale nursery called Hess in New Jersey. I was surprised at how quickly they fruited and the bountiful crops they produced. As time went on, people who knew of my interest sent me seeds of ‘Squabnockett’ a named variety and selected wild crops from islands and shores along the east coast. I used those seedlings to expand my beach plum plantings putting them in a variety of soils from loam to sand. They all thrived with no care. For a while I started grafting a large fruited and freestone type that I felt was one of my better selections. I called it ‘Grant’ named after the gentleman who gave me the seed. Grafting was easy to do, but the longevity of a grafted beach plum plant is short and really not a good idea for commerce. In some cases I have grown more than 10 generations of plants to find the best beach plums. The result: there are no bad beach plums!<\/p>\n

I once had a 90 year old woman come up to me after one of my talks where I served beach plum jam. She was a close talker and said, “So you’re a man that likes to make jam.” She had a hard time imagining this possibility. “Yes mam I am that man” I reassured her. I soon discovered that the best jam comes from the greatest variety of plums and not just a single bush.<\/p>\n

I like the beach plum. Its an example of strength in adversity in the fruit world. Not a lot of fruit crops are like that. My goal is to make this plant available everywhere even far away from the beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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