[NAFEX] What's (problematically) compatible with pear?
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom at hevanet.com
Sat Jan 13 10:19:19 EST 2007
Obviously there is variation in the success of the graft. Mileage will
vary by combination of species and varieties within species on any
plant.
-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 Jan 13, 2007, at 6:37 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
Lon said: "Medlar, quince, Sorbus, Amelanchier, loquat are all graft
compatible
with pear."
-Lon Rombough
There is an unobvious problem connected with off-species grafts. A
visitor to the walnut orchards in California can see peculiar looking
trees,
walnut trees whose bottom portion of the bole is a smaller diameter
than the
upper portion. Eventually those trees strangle themselves. I have a
similar thing happening in my orchard where I grafted a fast growing
plum
onto a slow growing rootstock. These trees of mine need to be held
upright
with crane-like supports or they either topple over in the wind or just
outright break off. In comparison, grafting a pear onto an Amelanchier
or
Loquat, etc. would likely have a similar result.
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