Grafting Quince onto Pear?

Wanted to graft some quince onto a pear tree, but after doing some reading many said it doesn’t work. Some said delayed failure. I know only certain pear varieties are compatible with quince rootstock. If those same compatible varieties are used shouldn’t it work the other way around? Anyone with experience?

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Heh. I was just wondering if Leconte was compatible with BA-29C Quince.

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There’s some information in this thread that might be helpful:

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@Buckeye

My experience was quince on pears fails eventually. It takes several years.

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Huh. Maybe I will just topwork the new Bartlett over with Leconte and Perdue then.

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I sent this quince-compatible list to Robert.
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/20721500/catalogs/pyrcult.html

I wonder if anyone has tried quince on a quince-compatible pear on that page (like Anjou, Aurora, Bartlett, Doyenne du Comice, etc). Realize “quince-compatible” on that page means the reverse situation situation (pear-on-quince) but curious if anyone tried those pear varieties as an interstem (on pear or quince rootstock) for quince scion

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I guess using x Pyronia veitchii as a interstem would give more satisfying results that any intergenus compatible pear.

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This might help

There are better ways to go

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You can graft asian persimmons to american rootstock, but you can’t graft american scion wood to asian persimmons. There are a lot of sites that say the same is true with pear and quince.

So far no one has said they tried the reverse of the quince compatible pears. I was hoping someone on here had tried it, but seems there is just not that many people growing quince.

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@Robert

I did grow quince on pears but they fail over time.

What variety of pear did you graft them to?

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I tried them on a multigraft tree. I need to find the original post where i took pictures. Hopefully i documented it well

I had a non-astringent seedling strain of C.oblonga quince, that I got from Lon Rombough. Prunings would root if you just stuck them in the ground.
I rooted a bunch and grafted Warren pear on them - but gave them all away, so IDK how they fared in the long run.
Maybe try rooting a couple of cuttings and see if you can get it on its own root? Rooting hormone and bottom heat might improve rooting success?

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Slight change in flow but does anyone have or know where I can find Quince C? Much hunting and come up empty handed in US.

Is that not BA-29C rootstock? Sold by many nurseries.

Just need to graft onto quince rootstock?

No it produces trees even smaller tree. I have lots of BA 29C. Also have some Warren trees that are grown i may send a pic of soon for another topic. Quince C is the smallest tree producer.

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To dwarf pear yes. Both will require an interstem or compatible variety. Lots of planting and grafting to do but I will try to get pic of the probably15 yr old Warrens on BA 29C done for interstem.

. All I can find at this time. Duty calls.

nope.

It depends on multiple variables. But size wise if stated roughly their apple equivalent.

Quince C is quite a lot smaller than Quince BA-29C.
Quince C is roughly between M9 and M26

Quince C is quite common here. It isn’t super winter hardy.
A newer Quince E is the same size but better winter hardiness (and less russeting on the pears)

After Quince C and E in size is Quince adams. Roughly M26 size

After that Quince A (sometimes called “angers”) a little smaller than MM106

and than BA-29 (sometimes called “Provence” ). That’s roughly MM106

Hi Oscar,

You gave me heart palpitations, I thought I might finally have found a source for C, E (Elaine?), and at least Adams. Then I checked your location. Dang import restrictions.

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