Wild black cherry root stock?

[lordkiwi]

@Trav has had success grafting to the close relative prunus virginiana

Grafting Prunus Serotina

In the case of serotina, I can’t help but wonder if the fact that many phenotypes have the potential to form a ~80ft tall 3ft + diameter tree might be slightly problematic when used at rootstock. I have seen dwarf forms growing in secondary dunes on the Atlantic shoreline here in the northeast, though I’m not sure that their forms reflects unique genetics or, more likely is just a result of severe site conditions- salt, wind, drought, lack of N or many available nutrients. I think @clarkinks …