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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Dwarfing interstem on pear?
  • Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:18:52 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Donna,

Ethan has probably done more with dwarfing interstems for pear than anyone
recently.

Anton
Zone 8
-----Original Message-----
>From: Donna &/or Kieran <holycow@cookeville.com>
>Sent: Feb 6, 2008 9:30 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Dwarfing interstem on pear?
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>Dear all,
> I'm planning on ordering various blight resistant pears from Corvallis.
> Calleryana rootstocks grow great here, but they get so big. What do you
> all know about the use of dwarfing interstems for pears? I see that they
> have OHXF 34, 51, 87 and 333. They say they are compatible with both
> communis and calleryana. Has there been much done with these as dwarfing
> interstems? Are there known problems with such trees? I could just use
> Magness, Maxine, or Warren as interstems on quince, but have been told that
> quince is as susceptible to apple borers as apple is. This would be
> defeating part of my purpose in switching to pears, which is to avoid tree
> losses to those *&^#+* borers.
> Please advise me before I do something stupid! Thanks. Donna





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