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  • From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Alternate Pear rootstocks / others
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:24:56 +0000

Last year I root grafted a couple varieties of pear on the Smokey variety of amelanchier, was delighted and surprised with the growth.
I do not know how to determine what is the variety of craetagus we have locally, but so far my grafts of apple and pear have failed.
3 years ago I grafed several local chokecherries with p. maritima - beach plum. Even in the partial shade it has just this week flowered profusely, and is quite healthier than the mother plant - which is in full sun on heavy soil. So the buds of p.maritima have gone through minus 40F and come out happy - I didn't think it would be that hardy.
Glad to hear of your pear rootstock breeding Dean.
Del

&gt;From: &quot;Dean Kreutzer&quot; &lt;deankreutzer@hotmail.com&gt;
&gt;Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers &lt;nafex@lists.ibiblio.org&gt;
&gt;To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
&gt;Subject: [NAFEX] Alternate Pear rootstocks
&gt;Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:07:04 -0600
&gt;
&gt;Hi Mark,
&gt;
&gt;I and others have been experimenting with Amelanchier for pear
&gt;rootstock. It is very dwarfing and quite precoscious. It isn't
&gt;perfect however as another grower has found that you should leave a
&gt;shoot of amelanchier to grow as well as the pear scion as the
&gt;rootstock just isn't that happy to have a pear on it. My own grafts
&gt;just sat there for two years before finally showing some vigor this
&gt;year.
&gt;
&gt;I believe it has been used by Dr. Olmo in the Pacific NW as well,
&gt;with good results however, although I am not sure if the amelanchier
&gt;was a local species or not.
&gt;
&gt;I am doing breeding between my local amelanchier and pyrus
&gt;ussuriensis to hopefully come up with a rootstock that is more
&gt;accepting of the pear scion, and still dwarfing. One thing is
&gt;certain, the rootstock is rock solid hardy.
&gt;
&gt;Take care,
&gt;
&gt;Dean Kreutzer
&gt;Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
&gt;USDA zone 3
&gt;
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