Vineland plum cultivars perform well on dwarf and vigorous rootstocks in early production

European plum (Prunus domestica L.) cultivars, and selections developed at the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, Vineland Station, were eva luated, over a range of rootstocks of differing vigour, in the Annapolis Va lley, Nova Scotia. Cultivars and number selections included: Vanette (V6607 1), Victory (V72331), Voyageur (V63002), V63015, Valerie (V70031), Valor, V eeblue, Vision, Verity, and the standards, Stanley and Italian Prune. The f our prunus rootstocks were: Pixy (P. insititia L.), St. Julian A (P. insiti tia L.), Brompton (P. domestica L.), and Myrobalan B (P. cerasifera Ehrh.). The largest cultivars were Italian Prune, Vision, and Veeblue, particularl y on St. Julien A, Brompton, and Myrobalan B. Trees on Pixy were the smalle st and had the smallest range of sizes. Yield and efficiency was the greate st for Vision, for all rootstocks. Victory, Voyageur, Valor, and Veeblue pe rformed well with some of the rootstocks. The cultivars Vision, Vanette, Vi ctory, Voyageur, and Valerie were the most precocious. The three cultivars with the largest fruit size were Victory, Valerie, and Vision. Italian Prun e produced the smallest fruit. The combination of Stanley/Pixy also produce d small fruit. For the Annapolis Valley, Vision is highlighted as a very pr oductive cultivar for which tree size can be contained by the rootstocks Pi xy and St. Julien A.