Does this graft union look right?

crowskee

5 year old buck +
I started some Bradford pears from the seeds off some trees in my fathers yard last year. This year I used 5 of those for rootstock and grafted Bartlett pears to them. Only 1 of the 5 took and its already grown 18 inches since grafting in Feb. I took the tape off today and repotted in a larger pot. This was my first try at grafting and I used a splice graft with electrical tape and covered it with toilet ring wax.
Does this look like it healed correctly? Should I retape and wax?
 

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Thanks Turkey Creek..... I guess I did it correctly then.
 
If it's growing, looks good enough! Nice job.
 
Silly question but why do you want Bradford pears?
 
Silly question but why do you want Bradford pears?

I grew them to plant between me and my neighbor. Didn't want anything to really attract the deer to the property line and tempt the neighbors. Had a few left over so I figured I would see how they would work as rootstock for the pear trees I already have.
 
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