Fraxinus ash tree compatible fruit for grafting

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Hello There I was doing a reserched on the variety of ash trees…

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jcguarneri

Ash (Fraxinus) tends to get much larger and has opposite branching, and the fruits are more like those of maples. Ash is actually in the olive family, whereas mountain ash is in the rose family (along with apples, pears, plums, and a boatload of other important fruit species)

Anyhow I’ll be trying on olives best of luck…

Anyway is there anyone in this org. who have tried there luck on fraxinus tree? If yes what variety have you with it…

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I don’t know where you are located in the world, but in the US ash trees are becoming functionally extinct due to emerald ash borer. I wouldn’t waste time on it.

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The Blue ash is not killed off by the emerald ash bore and the ash trees near ground level are not either.

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What do you mean not? Are you referring to the Ash Boarers…?

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Yes the blue ash is not killed off by the EAB and the other ash trees are not attacked at what would be graft level and below. A heavy painting of the below graft level trunk should also work.

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i have pears growing on mountain ash but the long term survival of the tree isnt as good as pear rootstocks. maybe 20-25yrs.

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In central Ohio we have white/green ash trees everywhere. They throw so many seeds that I feel good enough about their future

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Mountain ash- Sorbus- is actually unrelated as it’s a pome. I hear it can work well as a dwarf pear rootstock. It doesn’t grow much here but I’ve seen lots of it in the lower elevations of the White Mts. and Adirondacks

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I’d never heard of blue ash before. I do know black and green- both favor riparian areas. There are some EAB here, though just in the last few years. There’s a lovely stand of ash on my wife’s family land. We cut a couple of them when we were building out house. They grow so tall and straight. One that we milled up yielded three clear 20 ft. logs- 60 ft. To the lowest branch. There is a stand of old growth white ash in western mass that has trees nearly 120 or more ft tall. It’s the tallest hardwood in the northeast, though tulip poplar can quite a bit taller under the right conditions. I understand that a grove of tulip poplars was discovered in the Smokey Mts a few years ago with trees 190 ft. tall. and 90 ft. + to the lowest limb!

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mtn. ash is one of the pioneer species here. they are everywhere and tolerant of wet soil. i get dozens of new seedlings coming up in my yard yearly. i have a couple doz. 30fters lining my property. birds love the berries in the winter along with the highbush cranberry.