Description

Note: scion wood is NOT a  tree
We offer high quality scion wood for grafting at $5/stick (8 inches). Quantities of some varieties are limited. Scion wood will be carefully labeled and shipped early spring. Call or email for clarification about shipping times. Some scion wood will be shipped while actively growing for green-wood grafting. Detailed grafting instructions are also available on our website at Helpful Info/Grafting.

Deadline for orders February 28

Pear, European:
Ayers – from Kansas in late 1800s, low-chill, large, exceptionally sweet fruit, fire blight resistant.
Comice – Large, high-quality pear, moderate blight resistance.
Comptessa – from Denmark, heavy bearer, medium size, yellow, very sweet, very high quality fruit.
Gem – from Dr. Richard Bell, medium to large yellow fruit with red blush, long-storing, fire blight resistant, promising new variety for commercial production.
Gourmet – hybrid pear, crunchy like Asian but with European flavor.
Harrow Crisp – from Canada, cold hardy, medium-sized fruit, fire blight resistant.
Honeysweet – Seckel seedling with similar flavor, but larger size, good blight resistance.
Harrow Gold – from Canada, hardy, yellow fruit with outstanding flavor, few grit cells, fire blight resistant.
Lincoln – Heritage pear with large size, somewhat odd shape, banana-like flavor, blight resistant.
Lucious – Extra cold hardy, small-medium sized fruit with excellent flavor, won’t pollinize other pears.
Maxine – Large fruit, good flavor, blight resistant
Magness – Seedling of Seckel with similar flavor, but large sized, very blight resistant.
Summercrisp –  (not available) Cold hardy hybrid with Asian pear crunchiness, European flavor.
Stacyville – very old variety from Maine, the original tree, still living and bearing, is estimated to be 250-300 years old, super cold-hardy, heavy bearing of medium-sized fruit.
Ubeleen – from Bulgaria, large, yellow fruit with red blush, excellent flavor, fire blight resistant.