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Old home pear: Is proving valuable as a rootstock in combating pear decline and fire blight

authors

William H. Griggs, University of California
Hudson T. Hartmann, University of California
A. A. Millecan, University of California
Carl J. Hansen, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 15(10):11-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v015n10p11. October 1961.

abstract

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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.

author affiliations

William H. Griggs is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis. Hudson T. Hartmann is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis. A. A. Millecan is Plant Pathologist, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento. Carl J. Hensen is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis.


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