Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

Originally Posted by Rojo

I bought 2 pear trees last year a Monterrey & a California Pear. This winter I harvested some scion wood to graft onto some volunteer Pear rootstocks.



Above is the Monterrey Pear grafts. They are breaking dormancy after 1 week. I like the description of this Pear and wanted to add it to my collection.



They look like Apples.



Not the best picture but you can see one of the Buds swelling. As fast as it is swelling I expect it to break within 3 days. This Pear, the Jury is still out. Few pears are Self-Fertile with low chill hours so I only grafted one limb to this variety. It is very hard to even find a good picture but it looks like a Bosc Pear. Hopefully the fruit will be good.

Here are some pictures of the growth of these grafts.



This is the first time I used electrical Rubber Tape for grafting. It along with the rubber bands really got the grafts to take. I have removed some of the aluminum foil so you can see the graftwork. Now one of these Pear trees is a 3 way, I like making fruit trees multiple variety. Today I will remove the rubber bands so they don't girdle the fresh growth.