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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pear rootstocks fire blight
  • Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:39:31 -0700

Think of it this way. If the rootstock is hit by fireblight and dies, what does it matter if the top of the tree is resistant? With the roots dead, it's toast anyway.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>Wow Guys;</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Just when I thought I had a clue......</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>I have just read that any pear rooted on Bartlett seedling is susceptible to fire blight.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>If so, it must be pointless to graft blight resistant pears to it.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>This sounds bogus. Is it ?</x-tad-bigger>



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