Top working Oso berry

[swincher]

I started a thread on it here but haven’t followed up with any actual experimenting after failed rooting and then something eating the seedlings.

Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) thread

Doesn’t look like this species has been mentioned much on the forum here, but it’s a native edible here in the PNW. The fruit is small with a lousy flesh-to-seed ratio, and some specimens taste strongly of cucumber. However, I have also tasted some that are quite good with a decent amount of flesh, and they ripen almost a month earlier than most other stuff, so I figure I’ll make a little room in my yard for some native shrubs. Especially since they seem to do fine in partial shade, and mostly …

Do you mean using it as a rootstock for other species, or for improved selections of this species?