From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:08:28 -0600
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] can I graft apple to pear or hawthorn?
At 02:21 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> I've read that Winter Banana is an apple compatible with pear. Is it
>reasonably long lived in that combination? Are there any others? Could I
>use Winter Banana as an interstock? Will apples graft to hawthorn, mayhaw,
>or are there native crabs that make resistant rootstocks? Any suggestions
>would be appreciated. Donna
Donna,
I'm sure Lon will be along with the answer shortly - he's the one who first
tipped me to the Winter Banana/pear compatibility - seems like I recall
he'd had or seen a WB on M27, grafted to multiple pear varieties that was
productive for an extended period of time.
It sure seems like it might be worth a try putting some WB on pear(or
hawthorn topworked with pear) and trying some apples just to see how they do.
I've got Ayers pear on a seedling apple - it was purchased as a seedling
pear rootstock, but about half that bundle have turned out to be apple/crab
seedlings - Ayers grew great the first year, but it's just been kind of
'sitting there' for the last 3.
I think Del Stubbs or someone on the list was trying apple on Amelanchier a
while back, but I don't recall the outcome. Del?
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY
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