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Re: [nafex] Pyrodwarf rootstock
Fluffster,
Your comments are very interesting. I talked to a pear grower yesterday in
Upstate NY who agrees with you that Quince is the only rootstock to use.
Neva seems to really like Pyrodwarf and has good luck with it. She is in
Iowa. Her email address is on her website if you want to ask her more
questions about her experiences.
Doreen Howard
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From: fluffy bunny <the.fluffy.bunny@juno.com>
To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Pyrodwarf rootstock
>Doreen:
>
>The skeptic in me states to be cautious when annunciating accolades in
>reference to a rootstock. Neva has a wonderful web page. However the
>description you made, and her enthusiasm stand in contrast to the few
>people I know who have tested the rootstock. In general the commentary
>I have been privileged to is that Pyro Dwarf fairs no better than OHxF333
>or OHxF282. Both these rootstocks are classified as semi-dwarfs, a
>classification term that might well be more appropriate then the term
>dwarf that is used to name this rootstock.
>
>IMHO moderate resistance to fireblight is not a bonus, when established
>rootstocks have very good resistance to fireblight. The need for
>semi-dwarfing rootstocks is in the southern areas of our country, and
>area where OHxF333 and 282 fail miserably(by the by they make true dwarfs
>down there...actually "bonsai" subjects is a more adept description.)
>
>An additional need is for a semi-dwarfing rootstock(or dwarf)that
>improves overall fruit quality. Quince-C has a reputation for this with
>some varieties. I know of one NAFEX member whom grafts everything to
>Quince-C and has experienced no compatibility problems. However his
>planting is all espalier, and the extra vigor of an espalier subject may
>account for his unusual circumstances.
>
>I am always cautious when a rootstock is so closely held. And I am
>equally cautious when the "name" for a stock proves misleading in regard
>to the characteristics it exhibits in trials.
>
>You now have me curious to hear about Neva's experiences. As I stated
>previously the comments I have heard from respected sources did little to
>generate any excitement. I anxiously wait any experience anyone else
>cares to communicate.
>
>IMHO, for the average NAFEX member with a sharp knife, no worse than zone
>4b exposure, a Quince-C rootstock with an OHxF interstem(or Magness or
>Warren)should produce a tree in the dwarfing class with early fruiting,
>and in general improved fruiting characteristics.
>
>Wishing all of you the very best of what life has to offer,
>
> the fluffy bunny
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