picked up a couple pears, moonglow and bartlett. the grafts looked decent. they have already been topped. no idea of age or what has been done to them or what i should do to them spraying wise. im probably going to keep them in the garage till i pot them unless thats not a good idea, light wise 
there are buds all over them:
they are from freedom tree farms in TN. i emailed to see what rootstock they use but havent heard back yet. i think i would like to graft harrow sweet/crisp/gold onto them if anyone here has those scions 
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looks like bartlett is not pollinated by moonglow. plus it doesnt have very good disease resistance. when grafting onto these, would you graft onto the scaffolds, terminating them close to the trunk or would you chip bud them all around the trunk and select new scaffolds from those buds?
do yall have a preference for the style/shape of tree when planning on them being in containers for a while or for life?
Actually Moonglow does pollinate Bartlett. Both are Pollen Group 3. Both are providers of fertile{{not self} pollen. Moonglow is rated very fireblight resistant.
oh ok, is it just the group that they are in that matters? because on cummins the short list of all its pollinators that they carry, which includes moonglow, doesnt include moonglow: The Pollenizer - Cummins Nursery - Fruit Trees, Scions, and Rootstocks for Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines.
do you do any franken pear grafting by chance? i only see having these two trees for the foreseeable future and would like to have a few varieties.
I will be this year to park some scions until next year. Have Warren, Leconte, Diamond and Summer Blood Birne coming to find spots on a Bartlett and Moonglow actually. The Bartlett will be left that way as chill hours are too high to fruit reliably here. So Leconte, Summer Blood Birne and Diamond will top work it.
do you have any pictures of your current trees?
