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  • From: "Kristina & Bruce" <herenorthere@lycos.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] quince rootstock
  • Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:59:35 -0500

Tom had said:

>Since quince rootstock is used to dwarf pear, why not use pear rootstock to
>dwarf quince?
>
>Someone may know for sure, but it seems logical. What happens when you
>reverse the pear/quince
>union?
>
>Later,
>Tom

Since quince rootstocks keep quinces pretty small too, maybe a standard pear
rootstock will yield a 40 ft quince tree. It won't produce a single fruit
for the next decade or two and will then produce several tons every other
year for the rest of time. Yikes.


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