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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Thanks.  That might do it for my son.

On a related note, if I managed to find room for one pear tree, would you recommend grafting a branch of another pear onto it for pollen?  Like, could I put a branch of seckel onto a luscious? 

Ginda

On Sep 21, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Ed Fackler wrote:

Ginda:

     Literally one can graft pear to apple, but within a relatively short period of time the graft will break which is called delayed incompatibility.  Many years ago I grafted many pear varieties to various apple rootstocks with the idea that I could find a better dwarfing stock for pear.  However within a couple of years they all broke and/or died.

     Hope this helps.

ed

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

Can pears be grafted onto apple?  My son is lobbying for a pear,
preferably something that might bear before he leaves home for
college in a few years.  Also, I'm not sure I have room for another
tree.

Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6
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