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The thread so far:

Anthony,

I haven't grown many trees on '97, but in my limited experience, it 
produces a vigorous tree which is blight-resistant and productive.  I 
grew Meigetsu on this stock.  A nice butterscotch color and a ripe 
watermelon flavor when fully ripened.  Some decent aromatics for an 
Asian pear, too.

Anton
-----Original Message-----
>From: Anthony Curcio <apc@vassolinc.com>
>Sent: Mar 3, 2009 9:44 AM
>To: "'nafex@lists.ibiblio.org'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [NAFEX] OHxF 97 Asian Pear grafting
>
>
>We have a few Korean Giant scions to graft and have been reading about 
the OHxF 97 rootstock. Does anyone have experience with it or have 
another to recommend. We are planning on pruning for size. We have 
Hosui, Chojuro, Shinseiki, and Giant Korean. Are there others anyone 
would recommend ?
>Thanks , Anthony z4b
>
>Anthony P. Curcio
>CEO
>VasSol, Inc.
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El Conejo Suave chimes in with:

I have no idea why anyone would want to grow a pear on OHXf 97, do you need a 
shade tree for ecological reasons?

In Chicagoland OHxF 333 and 282 are, in general, superior choices.  Both are 
well anchored and drought tolerant, yet they keep the tree at a manageable 
size (282 is more vigorous where I am, but not obnoxiously so).

Most of those Asians are not blight resistant, and given your weather and 
climate you are risking a heck of an outbreak of fireblight.  More, in your 
are, there are several strains of fireblight, and guess what some of the 
resistant varieties fail to wall it off.  Magness in particular comes to mind 
as one fireblight ravages around here, where as Harvest Queen, Harrow sweet, 
and Harrow Delight, Potomac, Atlantic Queen, Rescue among others appear 
unaffected.  

In short 97 is vigorous, and you are in an area that is hot and humid, with 
violent storms that equated to great conditions for fireblight.  The last 
thing you want is a vigorous rootstock to exasperate your problem (unless you 
are growing in pure clay, then it may be a good choice) and to have a tree 
too tall to monitor.

Good luck with your grafting...

the fluffy one

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