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Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) as a pear rootstock?

jrb123abc2003

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March 6, 2010 - 12:39 am

Hi,
This might just be a stupid newbie question, but here it goes. Is it possible to use Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) as a pear rootstock? I know that Quince (Cydonia oblonga) is often used as rootstock for pears and even apples. I realize that flowering quinces and quinces are in a separate genera, but I just thought I would ask.

Has anyone ever tried this?

Josh

jadeforrest

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March 6, 2010 - 6:32 am

It might work. You can use it as a rootstock for crabapples. Let's see if John S has done it!

John S

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March 7, 2010 - 7:45 pm

I have not yet tried it for pears. It should work for Seckel or other small pears. It grows as a bush. I'm not sure how long lived each stem is. I know with aronia rootstock, which also works for crabapples, shipova and mountain ash, it only lives for about 15 years. Another thing to consider.
John S
PDX OR

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