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Harrow Sweet Custom Benchgraft
Large Bosc like pear. The fruit is yellow skinned with a red blush and only a very slight russeting. The flesh is white, very sweet and juicy and flavorful. It will keep well.
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Harvest Queen Custom Benchgraft
A small, yellow pear. Flesh is much like a Barlett.
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Hendre Huffcap Custom Benchgraft
A yellow perry pear with a red blush. A cider pear with good balance of acid/tannin.
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Highland Custom Benchgraft
a cross of Bartlett and Comice. A large pear with green/yellow skin with some russeting. Flesh is smooth and juicy with a rich, sweet flavor.
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Honeysweet Custom Benchgraft
A medium to large sized, golden, russetted pear. Flesh is smooth, buttery, firm and sweet. Resists fire blight and leaf spotting.
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Hosui Custom Benchgraft
Medium to large, brownish-orange fruit. Juicy, sweet, fine grained, crisp, off-white flesh. High sugar content. Very vigorous tree.
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Hudar Custom Benchgraft
A medium size, yellow pear. Flesh is sweet and juicy. Cold hardy.
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Japanese Golden Russet Custom Benchgraft
A russeted asian pear.
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Kalle Custom Benchgraft
Red spot of Clapp's Favorite that is a natural semidwarf. Large reddish purple pear with sweet flavor. Not a keeper.
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Karls Favorite Custom Benchgraft
Yellow skin with slight russet. Tender, melting flesh with excellent flavor. Some resistance to fire blight.
Out of stock$15.00 -
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Kosui Custom Benchgraft
Yellow-brown fruit. Flesh is firm, crisp and juicy with a sweet, low acid flavor. Upright, vigorous tree is fire blight resistant.
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Lincoln Custom Benchgraft
A large, yellow pear. A good eating and canning pear.
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Luscious Custom Benchgraft
Medium sized bright yellow fruit that is juicy and sweet. Glossy green foliage that has a good red fall color. An excellent dessert pear that is fireblight resistant.
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Magness Custom Benchgraft
A cross of Giant Seckel and Comice. A medium sized pear with green/yellow skin and some russeting. Flesh is soft, juicy, and not too gritty. Flavor is sweet. Good keeper. Resistant to fireblight.
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Maxine Custom Benchgraft
A large yellow pear. Flesh is firm, crisp, juicy and white. Resistant to fire blight.
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Moonglow Custom Benchgraft
A medium to large, yellow pear. The white flesh is juicy, smooth with a mild flavor. Tastes better if stored for a little while. A great storing pear and resistant to fire blight.
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Normannischen Ciderbirne Custom Benchgraft
French perry pear used for cider. Cinnamon colored russet over green-yellow skin. Flesh is yellow-white, dry, and sprightliness flavor.
Out of stock$15.00 -
Out of stock$15.00
Pear Custom Benchgraft
Custom Bench Grafting Apple, Pear, Plum trees
Bench grafting is where a piece of scionwood is grafted onto a rootstock to grow a new tree. The scionwood dictates the variety of fruit. The rootstock dictates the size, hardiness, vigor, and disease resistance of the tree. Apple scions must be grafted onto apple rootstock, pear scions onto pear rootstock, and plum scions onto stone rootstock.
There are many different methods of bench grafting, but the whip and tongue is a good one with high success rates. Basically, we whip and tongue graft a piece of scionwood that has 2-3 buds on it (usually 2-3 inches) onto a rootstock of your choice. Before grafting onto the rootstock, it is cut down to 6 inches above the top root which usually ends up with a 12 inch rootstock. The resulting benchgraft is roughly 14-15 inches long.