"Starting an orchard from wild callery pears"

This is an interesting thread if anyone wants to send me some sticks of large fruited callery scion wood I have rows of rootstocks I could use to graft. Later those trees could be used to make some crosses. Would really like to preserve these as I think they are valuable for breeding. Would like it better if the usda Corvallis or another entity was interested in these. Honestly I have endless space to grow them in.

@Preston

That’s incredibly productive after 2 or 3 crosses over 10 -15 years that tree could have some very special grandchildren.

@kiwinut

That’s what I wondered about could it be the cross of callery and large fruited pears?

@poncirusguy

Imagine if you could eliminate 90% of pear diseases and have a great Perry pear !

@reno

Yes we need to collect scion wood off that tree and grow it for future breeding I think.

@BlueBerry

Wish we knew what it was actually a cross of so we could duplicate it.

@Auburn

Callery are exceptional rootstocks in my opinion. They work particularly well where nothing else will grow. Imagine someone wants an orchard but but farmed out old ground will barely even grow grass and yet callery rootstocks grow like a weed.

This sounds like a good pear growing project. Please let me know if your in and want to send me some wood this winter. You already know from past threads if you want to try something unique in fruit growing I’m the right person Che, mulberry, osage orange, fig grafting . I’ve made some good crosses and some of my unique fruits are out there New Apple Seedling Varieties

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