Few say it so I will soils like mine don’t support same year grafting. Part of it is figuring out what we did that works for you. As an example the fruits we get are from our former grafts Here comes the 2016 apple and Pear harvest! . If you look back over the years you can follow mine from grafts to fruit Top working Pears weather permitting . Many growers have been in your same situation like @ClothAnnie who’s grafted pear from this thread has been producing her pears now Wild callery pear rootstocks . It’s great to see success when it happens when growing fruit!