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  • From: Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Stone fruit rootstock brain-picking
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:40:20 -0500

Hello Fruit Lovers,
I have a few questions that I cannot seem to clarify:
Will Prunus americana accept and fruit peach or apricot?
Will seedling apricot rootstock accept and fruit peach? How about Euro, Asian
and
American plums also on apricot rootstock?
I have a lot of left over rootstock and wondered what interesting experiments
can I
try. Some multi-specie trees would be fun!
One thing is certain after this winter: Peach rootstock suffers near total
die
back here in the zone 4 region of Maine, to the point where I am either going
wholly into own-root production, or I have got to find another rootstock.
The same goes for Prunus cerasifera rootstock. They put on lots of growth
last
summer, and lost almost half to two-thirds of it this winter, but that is no
where
near the peach damage. But the P.c. grew HUGE fibrous roots! Although this
was a
pleasant surprise, for budding and grafting purposes I prefer putting
cultivars on
something as hardy or hardier than the scion/bud.
What I have been trying to do is trial various rootstocks, letting them grow
out
for a few summers. If they survive the winters, I may even let them try and
produce
fruit. This is what I was hoping for with the Prunus cerasifera, but it has
shown
its flaws and has been yanked.
I would be very pleased if someone could suggest a supplier of hardy Prunus
domestica seed or rootstock. I have never come across it in rootstock form in
the
wholesale rootstock business. I am interested to try it. If you have a bunch
of
pits left over from this year's bounty from some hardy cultivars, let me know!
Overall, if you had a moment, please share the stone fruit rootstock/scion
combos
you've experimented with!
Looking for the lock and the key for this Northern stone fruit stuff,
Heron Breen
zone 4 Maine






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