{"id":3139,"date":"2019-10-31T00:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-769\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T13:18:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:18:01","slug":"grafting-pears","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/grafting-pears\/","title":{"rendered":"grafting pears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Can I graft an Asian pear onto Anjou rootstock?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anjou is a European pear variety, and European pears are the species <em>Pyrus communis,<\/em> which is not an acceptable rootstock for Asian pears, according to a Pacific Northwest Extension publication by Robert Stebbins on <a href=\"http:\/\/whatcom.wsu.edu\/ag\/documents\/treefruit\/pnw341e.pdf\">&#8220;Choosing Pear Rootstocks for the Pacific Northwest.&#8221;<\/a> Here is an excerpt:<br \/>\n&#8220;Asian pear trees require rootstocks that impart a high state of vigor. No <em>Pyrus communis<\/em> rootstocks are vigorous enough for most Asian pears, with the possible exception of the most vigorous Old Home x Farmingdale clones.<\/p>\n<p>Asian pears require vigorous rootstocks such as <em>P. betulaefolia<\/em> or <em>P. calleryana.<\/em> Unfortunately, their cold-hardiness isn&#8217;t well-known.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I graft an Asian pear onto Anjou rootstock? Anjou is a European pear variety, and European pears are the species Pyrus communis, which is not an acceptable rootstock for Asian pears, according to a Pacific Northwest Extension publication by Robert Stebbins on &#8220;Choosing Pear Rootstocks for the Pacific Northwest.&#8221; Here is an excerpt: &#8220;Asian pear trees require rootstocks that impart a high state of vigor. No Pyrus communis rootstocks are vigorous enough for most Asian pears, with the possible&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/grafting-pears\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">grafting pears<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[583,429],"class_list":["post-3139","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-grafting","keyword-pyrus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/3139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}