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Early Propagation Efforts
In late March of 2025, I took some cuttings and grafted them to 20 new OHxF 87 root stocks.Of those, 4 survived a year but their vigor was less than impressive.
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Returning to my roots
In July of 2022 I received five bare root Koonce Pear trees from the United States Department of Agriculture. One was a year older and quite a bit larger than the others. It was grafted to seedling root stock. I was not told what variety but Bartlett is presumed. It has since become a landscape
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Description of the Koonce Pear
The following is an excerpt from The Pears of New York, by U.P. Hendrick, 1921. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 159. 1889. 2. Ibid. 55. 1895. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1897. 4. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:251. 1903. 5. Chico Nur. Cat. 12. 1904. 6.Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 41. 1909. 7. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 168. 1914. Koonce is a popular early variety grown rather commonly in nearly every pear region in the
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