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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Derry,
All my pears are grafted on P.communis or P.ussuriensis seedlings.
Here, quince is pretty much out because of climatic reasons.
And I have never seen any OxF roots offered around here - I have no idea of
their hardiness.

My trees are quite vigorous and need a lot of annual pruning to keep at
reasonable size.

What I meant in my previous post is if you have a pear tree and you want to
topgraft another variety on one branch, then the process would be identical
as with apples.

Claude


A 10:29 09.01.18 -0800, vous avez écrit :
>Claude,
>
>The one difference I can think of with grafting pears is the necessity 
>of an interstem with most pear varieties if you are using quince r/s.
>
>But maybe you are all using the OHF r/s?
>
>Derry Walsh
>South Coastal B.C.
>