I grafted harrow delight a few years ago on my franken tree. It bloomed this year but it tip bloomed like an Asian pear instead of on a spur like I would have thought a European pear would. Do you think this was mislabeled scion?
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I don’t think that it blooming on the tip rules it out from being a European pear. Many of my one year grafts of apples and pears flower on the tip. I have added a few scions each year to my Frankentree and several have put on tip blooms.
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I hope that is the case. I have nothing that will pollinate it so I doubt I get to see fruit. I show Bartlett will pollinate it but my Bartlett looks like it is a week from blooming. I wounder if a Bradford pear would pollinate it , those are blooming everywhere
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I have two neighboring Bradford (Callery) pears that I have often wondered the same thing. Over the last few years I have grafted in overlapping blooming varieties just in case the Callery does not work. The additional scions added appears to be helping in fruit set and the fruit is larger.
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Harrow Delight and Harrow Sweet both do that.
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Callery pears will pollinate regular pears so no worries you will get fruit.
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I was just thinking about asking you if they would cross pollinate. Thanks, Bill
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I saw tip buds on my harrow delight so I would not worry about it. There is a lot of mislabeling that occurs so I can see why you would be concerned but in this case I think the tree is likely labeled correctly.
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