Box Store Asian Pear Rootstock

General Fruit Growing
#1

I had purchased 5 Asian Pears for this year, but ended up planting two of them for a customer of mine and I am now out Korean Giant. I think this might be a variety I can find locally at a box store, but I was unsure of what rootstock they might be using.

I’ve never bought a fruit tree at a box store, because I always figured they were on poor rootstock and might be mislabeled, but I don’t want to sacrifice a year of growth. It seems like most Asian Pears are on BET. I could just wait for next year as well and order from a reputable nursery.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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#2

StarkBros has them.

#3

I would recommend https://raintreenursery.com/. You will almost certainly get more roots on your tree than one from stark bros. They should respond fairly promptly to any request for info.

#4

Call the store and ask them what nursery they buy their fruit trees from. Sometimes you can call the nursery and get the information from them. I was able to get some information that I needed about a tree that I had bought from a box store using this method.

#5

Thanks guys, I’ll check out all of those options. For whatever reason, I felt like I wanted Betulifolia rootstock, but maybe it doesn’t matter. Raintree, has there’s on OHxF87 , and Starks doesn’t list the rootstock that I can find, but their bareroot is a standard.

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