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[Louis Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

I've grown seedling quince(Cydonia oblonga), quite easily from fruits purchased in the local grocery, and from dried seeds from non-astringent selections offered up by other NAFEX members.  I've found that cuttings from these seedling quinces root quite easily; don't know if cuttings from mature plants root as easily .  I've just stuck pieces cut in March, in the ground - no rooting hormone, no aftercare to root with very high success rate.  Even cuttings just stuck in a bucket of water soon show evidence of devoloping root primordia not unlike what you'd see with pieces of willow.

I would suspect that if you've got access to juvenile quince, you could root some decent-sized cuttings and have graftable rootstocks inside of a year.  I can send you a bundle of cuttings this winter, if you'd care to try.

I have grafted quince onto native cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli, and they're still surviving well a number of years later.

 

Lucky Pittman

Hopkinsville, KY

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Jeff Jourdain <ravenwoodsma@yahoo.com> wrote:

A friend recently asked me to graft some quince for him.  Does any one know of a good source of quince rootstock?  or can it be grafted onto something else?  I've read that pears and quince may or may not be compatible.  Thanks.

 

Jeff Jourdain

Becket, MA  Z 5 [maybe]

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