Distinctive Pear Tree | Fruit Discussion board

Kent has fruit rising areas on appropriate soils in North Kent, the Excessive Weald and alongside the Greensand (Kentish ragstone) scarp slope which runs east / west by the centre of the county.  The Greensand slopes are presently being planted with intensive orchards and smooth fruit as it’s on the spring line and irrigation reservoirs are simply shaped to catch the spring water.  

I’ve been serving to with the restoration of an historical farmhouse and its grounds for 4 years or so and numerous earth shifting has been vital resulting from soil slip on the spring line.  Fortunately now we have been in a position to save among the bushes within the now previous orchards.  There are three commonplace pear bushes amongst the Worcester Pearmain and Pink Bramley apples.  Two are somewhat small however one is way bigger and after I noticed it in fruit this early October I used to be stunned to see that there have been two fully distinctive cultivars on the 2 important branches.  One is pale inexperienced, to pale yellow for the windfalls, and the opposite is a flattish form with a darkish brown russet all spherical. 

I had no concept that double grafting with totally different cultivars was such an previous observe, or might this be a younger tree which was reworked with a brand new cultivar however the previous one grew away too?

Tom La Dell