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[nafex] Quince on pear/hawthorn?



In the past, we've discussed grafting pear cultivars onto quince &/or 
hawthorn rootstocks, but does anyone have any experience doing the reciprocal?

A friend sent me some "Aromatnaya" quince scions - but I have no quince 
seedlings to work them onto - plenty of pear & hawthorn, but no quince.  I 
wondered if anyone had any words of encouragement - I've already grafted 
scions onto a couple of pears and a hawthorn, so if you're gonna warn me 
not to, don't waste your time typing 8>)

Progress report of sorts:  3 years ago, I grafted "Ayers" pear onto what I 
had purchased as a seedling pear rootstock, but last spring, after closer 
examination, I determined that it was an apple seedling.  The 3-yr old 
graft, an unbranched whip only about 4 ft tall, bloomed profusely this 
spring.  If it escapes frost/freeze damage, I suspect I'll have to thin 
pretty severely. I did cut scions off it this spring to re-graft onto a 
known pear rootstock, in the event that it doesn't survive long on it's 
apple root.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY


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