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["Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

----- Original Message -----
> I was talking to a neighbor who mentioned his grandfather had grafted a pear
 on a red hawthorn that is in his orchard and is over 100 years old.
> I'm wondering if this is possible? And do they make good rootstock? Are they
> useable with apples or anything else?

I've got several pears grafted onto seedling hawthorn(C.crus-galli) 
rootstocks.  Some are 3-4 years old, now, but no fruit yet.  I've also 
grafted mayhaws and quince onto hawthorn.

Lucky Pittman
Hopkinsville, KY