[NAFEX] Pear rootstocks again

Lon J. Rombough lonrom at hevanet.com
Sat Oct 22 20:24:59 EDT 2005


Bartlett seedlings are cheaper than OHxF, and the rootstock is less 
likely to get infected than the top much of the time.  You'll get away 
with a seedling rootstock a fair amount of the time, but not always.   
Places where the stock might get winter injury, sunscald,  or other 
damage, followed by high fireblight pressure in the summer are the 
places where seedling rootstocks will really get whacked.  You might 
plant the tree deep enough to encourage scion rooting, then it wouldn't 
matter what the rootstock was.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at 
http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association 
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Oct 22, 2005, at 12:43 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

Sure, if the rootstock croaks, the top goes with it.
What I don't get, then, is why some nurseries put blight resistant 
pears like Blake's Pride and Potomac and Maxine on Bartlett seedling?
Why not use the OHxF stuff ??
Thoughts, anyone ??
 
Richard
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