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["Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>]

Dan Nave wrote, "I wonder if you could grow the Argutas on a rootstock of 
Kolomikta. If that works, you might be able to use the existing roots to 
grow another variety, and possibly dwarf the Argutas."


   What I suspect would happen is something I saw happen with European 
Plums grafted onto less than vigorous rootstock.  The scions grew twice as 
fast as the rootstock resulting in curious misshapen growths.  Some tipped 
over when the rootstock couldn't support the top growth.  Bark tended to 
split at the graft causing dry-out.  If a similar thing happens with 
Actinidia, it would definitely be a conversation topic.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Fruit Farm
4002 Davis Street
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)