This is the frankentree doing great, with almost 4 seasons of growth, all grafts survived except one Asian pear low enough that the deer probably ate off, and the Asian pear nex to Crispen/Mitsu apple which has reverse bottle necked on the branch so much that it strangled or maybe even broke off the Asian pear graft entirely, which even grew faster than winter banana, which is unexpected, but winter banana is healed around and starting to strangle the Asian pear graft next to it though.
All in all, these Callery pear x who knows what is a great Rootstock for Apples which are all growing much more vigorously than the Asian pears, and still more vigorously than Clara Frijs pear.
@hambone @AdamNY sorry the photos didn’t attach on the first try
This Crispen is reverse bottle necked so bad that I sliced through the bark and dug the knife down in the corners to relieve the stranglation if there was any.
I think all the grafts survived but I’m not sure if this is one graft or two in the foreground. I’m still pretty certain I didn’t lose anything but a couple Asian pears, which I can easily get scions for again, and for free.
Too tall but looking great.
