Hey all, new to the forum, so I don't know if it's kosher to post a request rather than a question, but forging ahead...I'm looking to make a multi-variety tree and am in need of stone fruit wood for bud grafting. Just need a short branch of this-year's growth with a few leaves. Plums (not italian prune, have plenty of offers of those), nectarines, apricots, and any others that might work (pluots?). I also want to try to bud graft quince onto a medlar, so am looking for quince scion wood too. I'm in north portland. Thanks in advance.
See [url:jpp187x9]http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40[/url:jpp187x9]. I've learned a bit over the years, but still don't like what Viron called "fruit cocktail" trees. It might make sense to graft another variety for a pollinizer, but only if it's likely to be competitive enough to maintain a presence. I have zero experience with stone fruits, having only worked with apples and pears, but my guess is that they're not more cooperative than pomes. Portland doesn't seem to be a great place to grow many of them.
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Stone fruits that grow well in Portland: Pie cherries, sweet cherries, Japanese plums. Some will argue that Euro plums get too many bugs, but I'd say mine grow easily. Stone fruit that are difficult: Northstar pie cherries, bush cherries, nectarine, peach, apricot.
I do have a quince tree: Crimea. If you want to take a couple of buds of these, email me offline.
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