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  • From: "Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: rootstocks
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:37:46 -0000

I just checked the Raintree site
(http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/producttype.cfm?
producttype=root)

They used to sell GM61 which was a dwarfing rootstock for cherry,
but they've dropped it, mainly because it came small, so generally
you had to plant it and wait a year to graft to it.

They now have a
Colt Cherry rootstock, which is a "semi-dwarf" - supposedly maintain
tree to 20' - 30'

VSL 2 Cherry rootstock - a hybrid of P. fruiticosa x lannesiana.
Trees can supposedly be maintained at 10' (Supposedly similar in size
to Gisela 5). However it's OUCH! $5 a rootstock (with minor cost
reductions for quantities of 5 and 10).

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6

--- In nafex@y..., hayner9@c... wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm new to this online group (heck, I'm new to online ANYTHING) but
I have a
> few questions.
> Is this thought of as sort of an extension of POMONA?
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get a small amount of
dwarfing cherry
> rootstocks? I have in mind the Gisela series? I could split an
order with
> someone- the only places I've seen to order it only have it im HUGE
> quantities.
> Also, how about standard peach rootstocks?
> I have planted out a few of the prunus fruticosa - would they be ok
to graft
> onto?
> They don't look like they're doing real well- it will be a couple
of years at
> this rate before I can graft. Has anyone had any experience with
them?
> I am mainly looking for stuff to order for the spring- I doubt that
I could
> find anything now; even tho it is the best time of the year to
plant here in
> z7.
>
> Thanks!
> Amy Hayner


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