In the aftermath of the Fruit Propagation Fair, all of the unsold rootstocks get carted off to the HOS Arboretum in Oregon City, where they are heeled in to await a new home.
We had a lot of rootstocks left over this year, and they are for sale at the great price of $1.50 each!!
They are available for pickup on tuesdays or saturdays from 9-3pm at the arboretum in oregon city.
email me: arboretum at homeorchardsociety dot org to confirm the supply you are looking for.
Come take some rootstocks of our hands and give them a good home!!! Please!!
thanks,
karen
Follows is the availability list; most of what we have is 1/4-3/8" caliper; the quantity follows in parentheses.
for each species, they are listed in rough order of size, from biggest to dwarfingest.
plums:
Marianna 2624 (150+) [this is the biggest caliper, ±1/2", with great roots]
St. Julian A (100+)
Krymsk 1 (40)
Cherries:
Colt (30)
Krymsk 5 (20)
Peach:
Lovell (10)
Pear/Quince:
OHxF 333 (300+)
EMLA Quince C (200+)
OHxF 87 (75+)
Asian Pears:
Pyrus betulifolia (50+)
Apple:
Malus antonovka (15)
M111 (22)
M7 (200+)
M26 (26) these are left 4' tall, grown for budding multiple varieties along their length during budding season to create multi-graft espalier trees
M9 (20)
Bud 9 (75+)
Mark (75+)
M27 (75+)
P22 (200+)
Phooey. I asked (too late, and without any idea what was actually left) what was going to happen to the collection. It occurs to me that I could use a couple of sticks of each of the cherry rootstock types, get some much-needed practice, and perhaps give new life to a coworker's elderly tree. Is anyone who is located more centrally than the Arboretum going to be going there soon? I don't like driving at the best of times, and I really don't want to drive that far for $6 worth of tree that I'll probably kill.
Picked up and grafted a dozen M7 (apple) rootstocks with/for a friend yesterday… hadn’t wandered into our Arboretum in years, Karen’s doing a great job …as she was half covered in cow manure from coating the trees with an organic mix 
The rootstock diameters were perfect… too bad my friend’s scions weren’t. Making up some trees from his childhood homestead, now century old (if neglected) full sized apple trees, the experience reminded me of our scion exchange… picking through older sprigs and popping off emerging buds (he gathered the wood two days ago..) to allow the lateral buds to do their stuff. Just filled in the ‘bud hole’ with some Doc, avoiding the laterals.
I had to remind him, other than the drive to the Arboretum – the rootstock was virtually ‘free’ at $1.50 each – ‘so let’s just go for it’ I recommended! …point being, there’s still plenty of good rootstock left, though the 111 was gone, Karen likes M7, too. So get it while it’s cool 
New lab puppy... ate my grafts! I came home to a pile of "fetching sticks" (rootstocks, scions and rubber bands) on my back porch.
I repaired the grafts, repotted and brought them indoors. Surprisingly, they're actually pushing leaves.
I'm impressed with how tough these Antonovka rootstocks are. I'm not sure what the scions are anymore, as the tags were mixed up.
Hopefully, when they grow into trees, the dog will be less a problem.
Thanks for the story, NW Pinot. Hope they all work out for you. Give the dog some leather bones to work on. And watch those garden hoses, they are particularly attractive if you paid alot of money for them! If they are cheapies, the dog will not be interested in the least.
So far I am loving the Antonovka too. They have roots like carrots compared to other stocks I have used. Massive.
Hello - I am totally new to this adventure. I'm looking for peach rootstock for budding from my own trees. Can you help with this? Are these root stocks still available? can I plant and bud them now, or do I need to wait til next year? Thank you for a quick reply, I know I should have been onto this a lot earlier.
Sue
quote="arboretum"]In the aftermath of the Fruit Propagation Fair, all of the unsold rootstocks get carted off to the HOS Arboretum in Oregon City, where they are heeled in to await a new home.
We had a lot of rootstocks left over this year, and they are for sale at the great price of $1.50 each!!
They are available for pickup on tuesdays or saturdays from 9-3pm at the arboretum in oregon city.
email me: arboretum at homeorchardsociety dot org to confirm the supply you are looking for.
Come take some rootstocks of our hands and give them a good home!!! Please!!
thanks,
karen
Follows is the availability list; most of what we have is 1/4-3/8" caliper; the quantity follows in parentheses.
for each species, they are listed in rough order of size, from biggest to dwarfingest.
plums:
Marianna 2624 (150+) [this is the biggest caliper, ±1/2", with great roots]
St. Julian A (100+)
Krymsk 1 (40)
Cherries:
Colt (30)
Krymsk 5 (20)
Peach:
Lovell (10)
Pear/Quince:
OHxF 333 (300+)
EMLA Quince C (200+)
OHxF 87 (75+)
Asian Pears:
Pyrus betulifolia (50+)
Apple:
Malus antonovka (15)
M111 (22)
M7 (200+)
M26 (26) these are left 4' tall, grown for budding multiple varieties along their length during budding season to create multi-graft espalier trees
M9 (20)
Bud 9 (75+)
Mark (75+)
M27 (75+)
P22 (200+)
Hello, I would like to buy/obtain the pear called Passe Crassane. Can anybody direct me to a nursery or individual that can supply me with it. Thanks. My e-mail address is lokiwhite@dishmail.net ---I live in northern California.
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