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wow, those are some cool pics, thnks for posting. keepthem coming. im hoping that within the next couple of days when weather calms down--rain and ice, lil snow showers--i can go pick up digital camera, even with all of links that have been sent, there are questions i have but without an actuall pic of tree to use as reff. its kinda hard to ask. so hopefully will be able to get posted soon. thnks agin to everyone.:)

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Earl Riser; thanks for the reply and info. That must be some kind of club that you have set up. I guess it's different in our area where it's almost unheard of to lease land for hunting. You definitely appear to be doing things right.

When the first Sawtooth Oaks bear harvest the seed before the deer get it. If you use that as your seed stock you should be able to develop an early bearing strain that is adapted to your location.

PS; I agree, keep the pictures coming.

Dan O.

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Early Riser; I was just wondering about the scale that you're working on. How big is the property and how many members does it have?

Dan O.

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hey early, what size is that food plot? anyone have ideas on how to attract turkeys away from 200 acres of cut corn field/ they are hanging out about a mile from the house, i want them in the woods behind the house come spring, but they seem to like that cut-over field awfully well, i believe it will be just about impossible to draw them away. i plan on planting down an area about 1000-1200sf. Dan O., any idea if you can graft different fruit tree species, and have them bear fruit? i transplanted some wild apple trees last year, about 10" tall, hoping the produce this year. my daughter wants pears. i don't know if a pear tree can take vt winters, but thought of buying a couple, and grafting them to the apple next winter. someone thought that since they are both fruit trees, it may work. the apple trees range in height from 8-11' or so, some had blossoms last year, about 2"+/- in diameter. by the way, hand digging a wild apple tree that size really stinks, in case anyone cares, lol.
Pat

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VT; I don't believe that you can graft pears on to apple stock. Most types of apple will work. You can graft other closely related species on the same rootstock such as nectarines and peaches, most citrus, but not pears onto apples. I'm growing pears in zone 5b so you should be able to find a hardy variety that can handle your area. There are a few tricks that you can use to help trees that are the edge of their growing area: plant on the north side of a hill, avoid frost pockets, keep grass and other vegetation growing under the trees in the fall, fertilize with high P & K fertilizers in the fall, don't over prune.

I'll see if I can find a few hardy varieties for you.

Dan O.

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VT; I was wrong. You can graft apples and pears on the same tree. It was done in an experiment where they used a second type of plant stock in between the apple root stock and the pear. It isn't a normal practice.

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/n...ry/002051.html

Hardy varieties:

http://www.grandislenursery.com/ListFruitTrees.htm
http://www.cumminsnursery.com/pear.htm
http://www3.sympatico.ca/galetta/tab...ruittrees.html
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...applepear.html
http://www.jeffriesnurseries.com/market.htm


Flemish Beauty can handle -40 F.

Dan O.