pear grafting

APPLE    PEAR    PERSIMMON    HONEY LOCUST    JUJUBE    CHE

 

DIFFICULTY: easy

 

TIMING: Graft when leaves are just starting to emerge in early spring.

 

TECHNIQUE: Anything that will give decent cambian contact.  Whip and tongue graft when scion matches the diameter of rootstock.  Bark graft when rootstock is much larger than scion material.  Many methods will work, this is my strategy.

 

ROOTSTOCK: I only use free standing rootstocks.  Dwarfing roostocks create dwarfing root systems and trees addicted to humans for staking and irrigation.  With standard and semi-standard sized trees pruning is the primary control of size. Fireblight resistant stock is vital for hot humid climates. 

 

    Pyrus betulifolia: semi-dwarf for asian, standard for european, fireblight and pear decline resistant.   
    Pyrus ussuriensis: standard, more cold hardy and fire blight resistant than betulifolia
        -reports on pear decline with european pears
    Pyrus calleryana: standard, european or asian pear compatible, fire blight resistant

    OHxF 87: 85% standard, european only, 12-18ft, resistant to fire blight and pear decline, well anchored, precocious

    OHxF 333: semi-dwarfing