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[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Our Che which must be near 20 years or more old has quite melan recurved and
rigid thorns on some of the descending branches.  I often come in bloody and
with torn shirt from mowing under them because they are not all along the
branch and hit you when you don't expect them.
    Hector Black middle TN zone 6

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
To: <fruitopia@nexet.net>; "North American Fruit Explorers"
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Che on Osage Orange


> At 10:28 AM 12/2/2004 -0500, David wrote:
> > >From experience, I would change this advice a bit by recommending the
> > grafts onto osage orange be low, near the ground.  Osage orange wood has
> > prominent strong sharp spines, whereas che wood has no spines at all.
>
> I'll agree with you on that count,  that scions from mature, fruiting Che
> are thornless, but Deb was indicating a desire for some thorns in the mix,
> and I figured she could get both by high-working the OO to Che.
> I've not seen it, but have heard reports that seedling Che is VERY thorny,
> and suckers profusely to form a nearly-impenetrable forest of thorny
stems.
>
> Lucky
>
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