"cliff_the_gardener" wrote in message
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Dave,
I am adding my voice to the fact that it will not come true from seed.

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All other things being equal it will. Providing the pollinator remains
the same. Which, as all European plums are self-pollinating shouldn't
be an issue. The only difference might well be in the size of the
resulting tree.

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Some of the cherry plums you get in France are species so should get it
true, but there are cultivars which won't.
If you want to propogate a hybrid, you would need to graft by budding /
chip budding around now onto suitable root stock such as Pixy or St.
Julian A or C.

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Hybrids are produced by fertilising the ovary of one variety or strain
with the pollen of another. This produces a new, genetically distinct
strain.

Grafting or budding doesn't produce hybrids, and no new genetic material
results. All it does is join the root and stem vascular tissue from one
strain to the stem and flowering\fruiting tissue from another. The fruiting
tissue will continue to produce genetically identical fruit in self
pollinating
varieties. To produce hybrids it would be necessary to emasculate the
flowers
individually, and then hand pollinate them with pollen from a different
strain.


michael adams

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Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire