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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Not all pears are compatible on hawthorn, the way not all are compatible
with quince.  If you aren't sure,  use an interstem like Old Home.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom 

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>From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
>To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Hawthorn for Pear roostock
>Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2001, 8:37 AM
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>I tried to put an unidentified 'flat-bottomed' pear on hawthorn this 
>spring, and it didn't take.  I don't know if the failure was due to 
>incompatibility or just the fact that I sometimes have problems bringing 
>scionwood from south Alabama in February and getting it to stay dormant 
>long enough to graft in April, here in KY.  I did manage to get one take of 
>that pear, fostered onto a young Keiffer tree, but it (the scion) was well 
>on its way to pushing growth when I grafted it, and it still doesn't look 
>too great.
>Lucky Pittman
>USDA Zone 6
>Hopkinsville, KY
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