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For unknown reasons we have no success in growing stone fruit here (Waikato).   We've tried plums, self-fertile almonds, peaches, nectarines, apricots and cherries.  Apricots and peaches came down with gummosis (all from the same nursery, so we blame them), the rest failed to fruit.  Our plums have flowered well but we have TWO Luisa plums and no George Wilsons this year despite having pollinators.

Thankfully our citrus is always reliable, so are the figs, blueberries and feijoas.

Can't really comment on most of the stone fruit varieties you've not been successful with but I was involved in compiling 'How to' manuals for Organic fruit sectors back in the late 1990s and the standout issue for the stone fruit sector was soft rots which they really struggled with under certified Organic management regimes.

So far as plums go we've got a reduced crop on our Sultan, Omega, Santa Rosa, Prune and Louisas this year. Huge crops on all but the Santa Rosas last year so I'm putting it down to a down year in terms of biennial bearing. Plum crops in Taranaki are generally down this year probably for the same reason. The Santa Rosas are about 150m from one another and both look to be in dire health, both with pale curled foliage. I've tried watering in Iron chelate but no real improvement so far. Don't really want to lose them as they're recognised pollinators and the few plums they've produced are exquisite. One is next to a big old Sultan that is very reliable and in good health so I'm a bit baffled as to what is going on with the Santa Rosa, especially as both of that variety are similarly affected.

Apple crops are heavy this year (and being much enjoyed by the birds), avocados are cropping well, most of the feijoas have fruit, figs are still coming, persimmon looks promising, pears are mixed crop loads and citrus just doing their normal reliable thing. Mulberries were good though the birds got most of those. Blueberries were transplanted last year so still finding their feet with a light crop. 

Vege garden is keeping Maggie busy with watering most nights as things really dry out this month. Hopefully rain is forecast for the weekend as pasture in front of the livestock is a bit meagre with sheep and beefies enjoying a treat of brewery mash this morning.