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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

Donna,

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

Anton
Zone 8
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>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