I found some more info on intergeneric fruit hybrids. The following link has descriptions and pictures of several. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cor/presentations/Deviant Fruits_files/frame.html Pyrus, Malus, Cydonia, Aronia, Cotoneaster, Amelanchier, Mespilus have been crossed in various ways with varying results. x Sorbocotoneaster pozdnjakovii Pojark. http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/xSorbcpozlv.htm x Pyronia veitchii (Trabut) Guill. Cydonia oblongua Miller x Pyrus communis L. http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/xPyroveit.htm Sorbaronia hybrida (hybrid of moutain-ash and chokeberry, cultivated) http://www.mta.ca/~rthompso/nativeflora/group5/Page57.html Sorbaronia dippelii (Sorbus aria X Aronia melanocarpa) http://www.arborealis.nl/pdb/output/items/1888.html NC State's Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center also lists some. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/nursery/accessions/accessions.html Now, if someone would try bring the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) into the mix, we might have something really interesting. Karl |