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[Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>]

Ginda,
I did quite a few tests of topgrafting pears in adult Cortland trees.
Eventually, all the grafts died, but some have lived for 10 years and have
given fruits. It is a very unusual sight to see a branch full of pears in a
tree full of apples!
Also, if you have Crataegus (Hawthorn) or Amelanchier, you could try
grafting in those. The grafts will probably also eventually die, but may
live long enough to produce. I have had some pears from a Hawthorn tree.

Claude Jolicoeur, 
Quebec.

A 09:30 08.09.21 -0400, vous avez écrit :
>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