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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Bailey seedlings are preferred to Lovell seedlings for the Niagara 
Peninsula below the escarpment in Agriculture Canada zone 7a, and 
coldhardiness is a major reason.

In the peachgrowing area in Kent/Essex a little east of Detroit/Windsor, 
which is a little colder, Siberian C has seen a good deal of use, and I 
believe that Chui Lum Tao is considered slightly better.

A lot depends on your snow cover. Southern Ontario in the peachgrowing 
areas is prone to open winters.

For USDA Zone 4, my guess is that among peach rootstocks Siberian C 
would be a pretty good choice. St. Julien A might be better for 
coldhardiness (though I wuldn't say good) and is adapted to heavier soils.

I think we have a member working with Prunus X cistena (purpleleaf 
sandcherry, a cross between P. besseyi and P. cerasifera).

Has anyone experimented with Prairie-hardy Prunus tenella ("Russian 
almond") as a peach stock for cold areas, at least for well-drained 
soils (I don't know what P. tenella's tolerance is)?

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario



On 14/03/2011 8:32 PM, david liezen wrote:
> mIEKAL,
>
> A peek into Raintree's catalog shows they carry Lovell rootstock for peaches 
> (their caveat: not recommended for wet soils) at $3.50 for singles, $3.00 for 
> 5-9, $2.50 for 10-24.
>
> I bought some apple rootstock from them last year and they did great.
>
> Dave Liezen
>
> > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:53:43 -0500
> > From: qazingulaza@gmail.com
> > To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [NAFEX] suitable rootstock for zone 4 peaches?
> >
> > I have a friend who has an unidentified peach tree that bear copious
> > amounts of fruit, larger, very sweet, maybe a variety similar to red
> > haven but hard to say. She would like to graft a bunch of scion of
> > it. Ideas about a good rootstock for this&  where to get them in a
> > small quantity, say 10.
> >
> > I'm putting a bunch on Siberian C, but not sure that would be an ideal fit.
> >
> > ~mIEKAL