| That Pyrodwarf rootstock looks good. I wish I had known about them -- I grafted a bunch of pears last spring using a seedling rootstock and an interstem of OH X F 513. I was told that that the dwarf interstem on pear would not necessarily dwarf the tree. Where can Pyrodwarf rootstocks be purchased? Lee Reich, PhD Books by Lee Reich: Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden A Northeast Gardener's Year The Pruning Book Weedless Gardening On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:19 PM, Lamb Abbey Orchards wrote: I'd have to go with Natelson's recommendation for Pyrodwarf. My orchard is located Zone 5a/Coastal Maine and I had about 250 trees budded onto Pyrodwarf this past August after having looked into a handful of dwarfing pear rootstocks. The best option for a hardy dwarfing pear rootstock by far looked to be this rootstock. Check out the following PDF file: |
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.