hey all, a long time NAFEX member, Richard Ashton, has just come out with a 558 page book, The Plums of North America. it is published and available for purchase through Third Millenium Publishers, [url:fz8ygtsx]http://www.3mpub.com/ashton[/url:fz8ygtsx]. you can pay $11 for the electronic pdf version, or $34 for a paper copy, at this site.

he has taken a lot of the useful descriptions in Hendrick's 1910 The Plums of New York, and added tons of modern varieties, interspecific hybrids, and native species. really nice work. color photos of about 150 varieties at the end. for the price, the pdf version is a great deal of information.

oh, and it's raining again.