2026 Scion Exchange

[BC Buck]

According to USPS shipment tracking, the scions I mailed on a 385 mile trip to Michigan 36 days ago are now only 78 miles from their final destination. That averages out to 31 feet per minute, about the speed of a three-toed sloth or a giant tortoise. I wonder which one of those is carrying the package.

Will they be any good by now.

 

[PoorSand]

No. They probably lost all their body fat carrying the scions that far.

 

[PoorSand]

Darn computer. I was responding to a different, unrelated message.

Last I heard from the addressee, he didn't have the scions yet, so I don't know.

 

[PoorSand]

The addressee has now received the scions that I mailed 38 days ago. According to USPS tracking, they turned up in Louisiana after a very long gap in knowledge about their whereabouts and then they got shipped back up to the northcountry. The recipient told me that the scions did not bud out, the cambium is still green, and he’ll hydrate them before use. He expects that they will be fine.

 

[BC Buck]

The addressee has now received the scions that I mailed 38 days ago. According to USPS tracking, they turned up in Louisiana after a very long gap in knowledge about their whereabouts and then they got shipped back up to the northcountry. The recipient told me that the scions did not bud out, the cambium is still green, and he’ll hydrate them before use. He expects that they will be fine.

I do not ship USPS anymore. Not worth $2 savings

 

[Dantana]

Scions that were initially mailed to me on February 16 just arrived on March 24. Shipped by USPS. Funny how a big vanilla package cant find it's way to me but those bills show up like clockwork every month.

 

[Dantana]

Finally made it up to camp yesterday to cut the rest of my scion. Got a decent amount, not as much as in the past. Cleaned up the 3 trees - Enterprise, Droptine, and 30-06 - that were destroyed by bear and raccoons last fall. Cut them back quite a bit and will keep the fruit off this year to let them focus on re-growth. Found a 4th tree - another Droptine - that was completely snapped off at about 5ft. Cage was mangled. Droptine's are pretty hardy so I think it will regrow but it will take another 4-5 years to get back to where it was.

Not as much pear scion as I had hoped. My in-laws have a Bradford pear that we are going to topwork this spring. I was able to collect a few twigs of Sweet Advent, Keiffer, Harvest, and Korean Giant for grafting. Marble Hill didn't have much for scion.

I picked out a few more Hawthorn trees to topwork this year. I grafted pear to them last year with pretty good success. I plan to try apples and crabs this year. Although many of the Hawthorn locations arent ideal for hunting, I do like the idea of them potentially producing fruit that the raccoons and bears wont bother. Those thorns are WICKED!

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Finally made it up to camp yesterday to cut the rest of my scion. Got a decent amount, not as much as in the past. Cleaned up the 3 trees - Enterprise, Droptine, and 30-06 - that were destroyed by bear and raccoons last fall. Cut them back quite a bit and will keep the fruit off this year to let them focus on re-growth. Found a 4th tree - another Droptine - that was completely snapped off at about 5ft. Cage was mangled. Droptine's are pretty hardy so I think it will regrow but it will take another 4-5 years to get back to where it was.

Not as much pear scion as I had hoped. My in-laws have a Bradford pear that we are going to topwork this spring. I was able to collect a few twigs of Sweet Advent, Keiffer, Harvest, and Korean Giant for grafting. Marble Hill didn't have much for scion.

I picked out a few more Hawthorn trees to topwork this year. I grafted pear to them last year with pretty good success. I plan to try apples and crabs this year. Although many of the Hawthorn locations arent ideal for hunting, I do like the idea of them potentially producing fruit that the raccoons and bears wont bother. Those thorns are WICKED!

can you really graft pear to hawthorn and have them fruit?...please say no as I am already a franken-tree producer...

 

[Dantana]

can you really graft pear to hawthorn and have them fruit?...please say no as I am already a franken-tree producer...

Apparently you can. It's out there on the inter web. I'm not sure I would put all my eggs into it, but I'm not out much if it doesn't work for whatever reason. I only had one graft fail last year, the rest put on decent growth.