perry pear grafting

[MARTIN PAGETT]

hello all, have been reading with interest all the posts. this is my first. i am a postman living in gloucestershire and have been making cider and now perry for a number of years. last autumn i set about making perry from trees of unkown name and merrit which i discover on my travels in my job. they are all completley different in taste and appearence and time of harvest , so i have a good spectrum to work with. i bought the 1960's book on perry pears and am currently driving myself slightly mad trying to identify each tree i gathered from. i purchased some pear rootstocks from a nursery near me and my idea is to try and graft a few of the better tasting perries onto these this winter. could anyone here give me any tips  on how best to do it. (saddle grafft, whip and tongue etc etc.)

[Raglan Cider Mill]

Hi Martin

Welcome to the group.  I’m not able to give you any meaningful advice on grafts but am sure others on the group will do.  However, would like to know which part of Gloucestershire you are based as we collect a lot of perry pears in parts of the county & might also want to graft?  

CiderSal

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[Andrew Lea]

On 11/02/2012 00:01, Raglan Cider Mill wrote:
> Hi Martin
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> Welcome to the group.

Can I suggest you guys join up to the Gloucestershire Orchards Group
http://www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk/ which offers grafting
courses locally, and which has also been hugely instrumental in
conserving old perry pears and other local fruits through people like
Charles Martell.

You can download Charles' new illustrated "Perry Pears of
Gloucestershire" and see other perry pear lists here
http://www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk/varieties/pears/

GOG is very worthy of support.

Andrew

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[Melanie Wilson]

I cleft graft onto common pear rootstock Mel --- On Sat, 11/2/12, Raglan Cider Mill <in...@raglancidermill.com> wrote:

[Stephen Hayes]

Welcome Martin, sounds great!

 

There is a link here http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/orchards/apple-tree-grafting-the-saddle-graft.html

 

to some videos on grafting. Or just search YouTube on ‘apple grafting’

 

cheers

 

Stephen

 

From: MARTIN PAGETT

Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:37 PM

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Subject: [Cider Workshop] perry pear grafting

 

hello all, have been reading with interest all the posts. this is my first. i am a postman living in gloucestershire and have been making cider and now perry for a number of years. last autumn i set about making perry from trees of unkown name and merrit which i discover on my travels in my job. they are all completley different in taste and appearence and time of harvest , so i have a good spectrum to work with. i bought the 1960's book on perry pears and am currently driving myself slightly mad trying to identify each tree i gathered from. i purchased some pear rootstocks from a nursery near me and my idea is to try and graft a few of the better tasting perries onto these this winter. could anyone here give me any tips  on how best to do it. (saddle grafft, whip and tongue etc etc.)

[Alexander Peckham]

Hi Martin,

Steven is being modest, go to his channel on YouTube for some great
grafting videos.

Most likely you will want to cleft graft as the rootstock may be too
thin for a good cleft graft.

Good luck, Alex

[greg l.]

Being a postie is a good way of discovering things in the
neighbourhood. I used to hear lots of funny stories when I worked in
the post office. I imagine you have a fairly good knowledge of the
local pear and apple trees. I also cleft graft, Its a fairly simple ,
fool proof method so it suits me.

Greg

[Paul Brouwer]

Oddly enough, I am a postie in Warwickshire, and as a result of this have found lots of apples and a few pears, indeed too many for me to collect.  Indeed, there are orchards of fruit that just goes to waste!
I have made about 80 gallons this year including 20 of perry but I am sure that some will go to waste as my standard of care has left a lot to be desired!!

Paul

> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:26:04 -0800
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[MARTIN PAGETT]

thanks for the links, i think the cleft graft is the way to go as the rootstocks are a bit thin to do the others.
so hopefully i can be sucessfull in my efforts. cheers, martin.

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[MARTIN PAGETT]

hello cidersal, im down in south glos, if the trees i have made perry from are vintage!!, i could get you some graft wood and post you some next year maybe.

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[Cheshire Matt]

?You mean 'this year'? Not quite the grafting season yet with this cold snap, so if you can get permission from the owner of the trees you got your fruit from, then Sal can have her scions this year/in next few weeks.

Remember tho, as Mike Johnson is often quoted as saying: plant pears for your heirs.

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> From: MARTIN PAGETT <martinpa...@btinternet.com>
> To: cider-w...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: 12.2.'12, 21:10
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> hello cidersal, im down in south glos, if the trees i have made perry from are vintage!!, i could get you some graft wood and post you some next year maybe.
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