David Hare-Scott wrote:

"Pavel314" wrote in message news:uJWdnTNjov-

I don't know for sure if the quince is grafted or not; my wife planted it
here about 15 years before I met her. She thinks it is un-grafted, though.


If it is ungrafted and it's a good tree you should get another good tree.

I plan to porpagate cuttings taken from the branches of the trees or
vines,
not the root stock.


If it's grafted your top clone probably will not be as good as the grafted
"parent".

I have never worked with this kind of fruit tree propagation (cloning).
I didn't know it was possible to do with quinces. It probably would
not work for apples.

I'm curious why you are saying the top clone would not be as good as
the parent. Seems like the genes would duplicate over to the clone. The
size of the new tree would be a full standard, where as the original tree
was probably a dwarf. Is that what you meant by 'not as good'?

Sherwin



If they root and grow, I'll pot them in potting soil and eventually put
them
out in the orchard or vineyard.

Paul



Good luck.

David