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

I have experimented grafting pears on wild hawthorn here in Quebec. I
couldn't tell the exact species of hawthorn however - there are so many of
them...

Anyhow, the pear grew well for about 10 years and fruited, but the pear
trunc was much bigger than the hawthorn root. Eventually, some
incompatibility arouse and the pear died a couple of years later.
Altgether, the union lasted about 12 years.

Claude Jolicoeur
Quebec


A 21:44 10.03.02 -0500, vous avez écrit :
>
>Yes, quince is susceptible to fireblight. However growing pear on quince 
>suppresses secondary blossom in the pear which is a major route of 
>fireblight infection here in the Niagara Peninsula.
>
>The reason for my inquiry is that I have noticed a few references to 
>lower fruit quality in pear on hawthorn, including in the Pomona over 
>the years, though I have no personal experience with it. But there are 
>*many* different species of hawthorn.
>
>Doug Woodard
>St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>