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Old home pear: Is proving valuable as a rootstock in combating pear decline and fire blight
Publication Information
California Agriculture 15(10):11-13.
Published October 01, 1961
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Abstract
The Old Home pear variety is resistant to fire blight and pear decline, has a well-shaped trunk, a good scaffold system, and is easily propagated on its own roots by hardwood cuttings. For these reasons, Old Home stock is expected to be of even greater value to the pear industry in the future than it has been in the past.