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We know Wild Callery pears are all genetically different. Clara frijs is very easy to graft i agree.
Is anyone growing Clara Frijs pears? Mine is around 10’ tall and will be bearing soon. I was hoping someone might have pictures or comments about flavor etc… It is doing very well resisting FB. I found this picture of the grafts I originally made and realized I posted an incorrect question when I called it a Madame Boutant pear which is another variety I grow. Fortunately that year I traded with a fellow grafter who sent me some great scion wood which I’m forever grateful for. He sent me around…
As grafters we all eventually come to the conclusion that some things are easier to graft than others. Apples such as Winter Banana are highly compatible grafts with most any apple tree rootstock or fruiting apple tree for that matter. Frequently grafters who learn this trick may learn to use Winter Banana apples as an Interstem for other things, in extreme cases even pears. It is possible to graft pears to apple or apples to pears but that’s not the scope of what I’m trying to accomplish with …
Had a bad fireblight strike on clara frijs last year. It took out half a tree. Try harrow delight it is another good interstem. The best is the small yellow pear i grow.
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