Re: Apple rootstocks or Crabapples

Thanks Chris and Mark. You give me hope! We have several native Crataegus
species  and native Prunus on our property. I'll have to hit the nurseries
in Chicago the next time I visit my brother. He's not into plants or I'd
call him and have him ship some to plant now. Or do you know of a good
mailorder source? Got some seedlings? ;-)

Beth

At 01:01 AM 10/30/99 -0500, you wrote:
>From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
>
>I don't know how vigorous Malus ioensis is, but as a native crab,
>it would probably fare pretty well.  To quote "Plants of the Chicago 
>Region" by Swink & Wilhelm:
>
>   "Common along woodland edges and in abandoned pastures, consistently
>   associating with various species of Crataegus, particularly Crataegus
>   coccinea, Crataegus mollis, and Crataegus punctata, with other pasture
>   associates such as Asclepias syriaca, Bromus inermis, Cirsium arvense,
>   Cornus racemosa, Erigeron annuus, Poa pratensis, Prunus americana,
>   Prunus serotina, and Rhamnus cathartica.  One of the common sights in
>   the Chicago area is to see this species growing with hawthorns in
>   great abundance in pasture areas and other disturbed sites; at the 
>   time of flowering the crabs are pinkish and the hawthorns white-
>   flowered..."
>
>So if you can grow some of these other species...
>
>Chris

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