Full interstem in one year

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Some pears are easier to graft than others. We use interstems a lot here.
The easiest pears to graft - pear interstems

Interstem aka interstock Pear Grafting

As grafters we all eventually come to the conclusion that some things are easier to graft than others. Apples such as Winter Banana are highly compatible grafts with most any apple tree rootstock or fruiting apple tree for that matter. Frequently grafters who learn this trick may learn to use Winter Banana apples as an Interstem for other things, in extreme cases even pears. It is possible to graft pears to apple or apples to pears but that’s not the scope of what I’m trying to accomplish with …