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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

Sorry for the tangent...

Speaking of grafting wounds (on people). Has anyone
tried those Kevlar or leather gloves the wood carvers
use to protect the fingers?  

...or do they just get in the way?

Robert

--- Doreen Howard <doreenh@ticon.net> wrote:
> The trees are genetic dwarfs and have ancient
> pedigrees.  I got the scions
> from the National Germplasm Depository in Corvallis.
>  They are grafted on to
> OH-F97 rootstock, thanks to Ed Fackler.  I cannot
> graft without drawing
> copious quantities of blood.  OH-F97 is standard
> rootstock for European and
> Asian pears. Neither pear has yet to bloom or set
> fruit.  So I can't answer
> your question about flavor.  Hopefully, next spring
> there will be fruit.
> I'll be putting the trees in the ground in late
> August, as we are mo
ving to
> a new house with acreage, and I finally have space
> for an orchard.
> Doreen Howard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:49 AM
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] trees in tubs
> 
> 
> > Doreen,
> > Are the two miniature pears you mention naturally
> dwarf, or is it the
> > rootstock that makes them so small?  I have read
> about Petit Muscat pear
> > that has a pleasant musky flavor like muscat
> grapes.  Would you describe
> > your Muscat pear this way?
> > -Mark Lee, Seattle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf
> Of Doreen Howard
> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 8:09 AM
> > To: North American Fruit Explorers
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] trees in tubs
> >
> >
> > John Bunker asked:
> >
> > > Some friends are doing a community service
> project planting trees and
> > > vegetables in large (roughly 9 ft x 9 ft) cement
> planters on a roof top
> in
> > > Boston.  (Zone 5-6)  They asked me what  to
> plant for fruiting trees.
> > These
> > > planters are definitely stationary, so the trees
> will have to stay
> outside
> > > all winter.
> >
> > I have two miniature pear trees (Le Nain Vert and
> Muscat) in 10-gallon
> > containers, and they were in a sheltered spot next
> to the garage all
> winter.
> > We had temperatures down to -10F in January.  This
> was a mild winter for
> > Wisconsin.  The trick is to keep the roots
> hydrated.  I watered them
> > thoroughly every time the top inch of soil
> unfroze.
> > Doreen Howard
> >
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