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Re: [nafex] RE: Hawthorn as pear rootstock
Lucky, this isn't what you asked for, but by process of elimination . . . I know that Flemish Beauty is grafted successfully here in Zone 3 on local
hawthorn which it overgrows. .................vic
"Lucky.Pittman" wrote:
> >===== Original Message From nafex@yahoogroups.com =====
> Lon wrote:
> >Very true. I have some pears on Crataegus douglasii (a local native
> >species) that I grafted about 30 years ago.
>
> I've got Ubileen grafted onto native cockspur hawthorn(C.crusgalli)
> understock, and budded some 'old Southern' pear varieties I collected on a
> trip back home to Alabama onto some larger hawthorn seedlings I'd lifted out
> of the cow pasture. Some took while others appear to have failed - with the
> limited numbers I placed, I can't swear that failures weren't due to an error
> on my part, but my next question for the group is:
>
> Are there any pear varieties that are known not to be compatible with
> hawthorn, as is the case with quince? Or, will most Euro & Asian pears work
> on hawthorn?
>
> Lucky Pittman
>
>
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