Chris wrote
>
>I was attempting to do some more unusual grafts this year. My preliminary
>results:
>
>(All whip and tongue unless otherwise noted)
>Cherry (all double grafts - sweet cherry to wild and weeping on sweet): 0
>for 4
>
>Apple: 6 for 6
>
>Pear: 1 for 3 (but I had rootstock problems w/ at
> least one of the failures)
>
>Medlar on Pear: 0 for 1
>
>Peach: 1 for 6 (results still preliminary)
> 0 for 2 (spring chip bud)
>
>Apricot: 1 for 3 (results still preliminary) (I was top
> working a rootstock so all 3 are on same trunk)
>
>Persimmon: Too soon to tell but for now, 0 for 4
>
>Pawpaw: Too soon to tell but for now 0 for 7
Chris, interesting parrallel results, for me all whip and tongue:
What is it about apples? they make an amature look competent!
The others that are so much more difficult, is it callusing? scion dormancy
survival? temperature critical? Mn. Del
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