@Adrian-OrchardKeeper
I’ve found in my area wild seedling rootstocks work the best for my pears eg callery and Bet. Apples i use mm111. Plums I use prunus Americana primarily. Bush cherries eg. carmine jewel I prefer on their own roots. My mm111 seem short lived because trees I planted 23 years ago are already showing Decline. Guess they have another 5-12 years. The callery are supposed to be short lived but showing no signs of slowing down. I suspect seedling pears are always longer lived but the problem with my theory is we do not have enough life to prove it. Think you will enjoy this thread Napoleon’s army planted pear trees fact or fiction?. What seedling did they use to graft to? How much do environmental factors play a part in things? I’ve observed pear trees in my area that I’m told are from late 1800’s early 1900’s but no one can prove the claims without a core test for rings to my knowledge. Makes me want to root cuttings but who would be around in 200 years to check my work?
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