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["Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Keith,
I've grafted a large-fruited native crab(M.coronaria,
I suspect, but may be M.ioensis, or even a hybrid
with domestic apple) selection my Dad found in AL,
and what I suspect is 'Bechtel', a M.ioensis
selection, onto volunteer seedling crabs, but have
not used the native crabs as rootstock.

I have grafted a few pears onto hawthorn, just for
fun.  Had Ubileen on C.crus-galli for nearly 10 years
before my wife bulldozed it.  Never got more than 5
ft tall, the pear was easily twice the diameter of
the hawthorn rootstock - I eventually staked it for
support, as I was afraid it might break over, but it
seemed well-anchored, and that may have been
unnecessary.  Still have an old unidentified Southern
pear on cockspur hawthorn that is over 10 yrs old -
about 7 ft tall - looks like one of those colonnade
apples.

Lucky Pittman
Hopkinsville, KY



------- Original Message -------
>From    : R. Keith Etheridge[mailto:goatdoc@ctitech.com]
Sent    : 2/28/2010 7:46:33 PM
To      : nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc      : 
Subject : RE: [NAFEX] grafting native crabs

 
I'm a persistant if not expert grafter.Reasonable 
success
with pecan,pawpaws,persimmons etc.There are 
many
native crabapples on my property, According to a 
book 
they are probably Iowa crabs.Trying to graft 
apples
to  has never been a priority but over the 
years I have
only one success,It's 15+years with above the graft 
twice
the diameter as the rootstock and leaning on its 
side.It's 
not productive but in a bad site.I've not had 
success trying
to graft pears to hawthorne also.Any one had 
success?
Keith