To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Are interstocks on pecans common?
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:39:28 -0600
At 02:20 PM 3/6/2007, Hans wrote:
And let me import more Northern Pecan seeds from USA as rootstock for
probably all different Carya.
Even at that, there are varietal differences between different
'seed-strains' of northern pecan - and Southern pecan, as well.
Here in Kentucky, seedlings of the "Major" pecan, a selection from a
400-acre native pecan forest in the Green River delta(where the
"Green River" pecan also originated) are the preferred seedling
rootstock for pecans and most hickories. I also like seedlings of
"Peruque" for this purpose.
However, the choice of seed-strain parent for pecan/hickory growers
in Kansas or Michigan might be quite different.