In a message dated 00-05-12 17:07:49 EDT, you write: << The important question is > where can one obtain the plants? :-) >> The Lelanau Peninsula of Michgan has several wineries...and a good many of them make a Montmorency wine. I wonder if the vineyards might be willing to sell slips? Etain (whose husband is off to said area for three weeks in August...)