Pear rootstock?

[Yarg]

is the pear rootstock Pyrus calleryana a good one for the northeast zone 5

 

[Telemark]

It can be. Are yours wild? Purchased? Home grown?

 

[Yarg]

It can be. Are your wild? Purchased? Home grown?

This would be purchased Kiefer..I was comparing to Old Holme X farm97

 

[Telemark]

I would definitely go with the OHxF97. I have read a lot about using callery seedlings for rootstock and have decided to abandon the idea. I'll still topwork the existing callery trees, but i won't plant any seeds to use as rootstock. People have reported a lot of problems with callery rootstock because of the genetic diversity. If they're open polinated, they could be crossed with something else. Comaptibility and vigor have been problems for a lot of people. With OHxF97, you know what you are getting, and it is likely superior to any callery rootstock.

 

[chickenlittle]

I'd go with OHxF if buying grafted trees.

 

[TreeDaddy]

I did that^^^^^^^ with 12 varieties of bare root pears

All were J rooted when they arrived

Does this matter? I was told that this is common with OHxF97

bill

 

[chickenlittle]

OHxF97 are rooted hardwood cuttings. They don't have a taproot that could J. But if the roots look like they will girdle the tree, I would prune to correct that at planting.