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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

You can get small quantities  of pear rootstock from One Green World & 
Raintree Nursery.  Google will send you to their web sites.  

I recommend against 333.  It reduces fruit size and is slower to come into 
bearing than OHxF 513.  I've used it when I'm desparate & it's been OK, but 
it is far from my favorite.

Time till fruiting is highly dependent on the scion as well as the rootstock 
and the orchard management.  With any scion/stock combination, if you want 
faster fruit, prune almost none until the first fruiting (remove only dead, 
diseased & severly crossing limbs after the initial pruning when the tree is 
planted).  Festoon and pinch in the summer instead.  Fertilize lightly, but 
make sure they grow well.

Best of luck,

Anton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Durica <dandurica@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 1, 2008 2:23 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Looking for pear rootstock
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm looking for a dwarfing, blight resistant rootstock to buy in smaller 
>quantities.  I was looking at OHxF333 but cannot find anywhere that sells in 
>small bundles like 10 trees.   Also, does anyone know how many years to 
>bearing for this rootstock?
>
>Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
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