Hello everyone,
I am from Eatonville, WA. and have been lurking this particular thread for a long time while researching for other growers of the Chinese Fragrant Pear. There is very little information about this pear. The information available are very vague. Based on the available data, I assumed the tree is true and not a hybrid so I decided to start my tree from the seeds of the actual store bought fruit. Then I Bud grafted them onto Pyrus betulaefolia root stock. The graft was 6 years ago and I have this tree 8 feet from a Ya li of the same age. 2015 the Ya li blossomed but the Frag did not; the result was no Ya li fruit. 2016 both the Ya li and the Frag blossomed but no fruits produced from both trees. These two trees blossom very early compared to my Japanese and European pears so I was thinking about the lack of insects and the chilling spring rain. 2017 both the Ya li and the Frag blossomed vigorously and produced lots of fruitlets but they all fallen off by late April. Today while working on the garden I looked over at the Fragrant pear tree to analyze this year’s pruning and a fruit. I looked all around and found a total of 4 fruits. These fruits are larger than the Fragrant pear and felt very hard. They look more like a Quince. I will try and take some pics when the rain stops. My conclusion is the Fragrant pear is a hybrid therefore it can not be grown from seeds. It has to be grafted from true scions. Ya li is not a pollinator because the Ya li never produced fruits. I was going to plant a Seuri this fall hoping it would mate well with the Frag since both fruits are similar in shape. Pics coming soon.