Volume 52 Number 1 Article 11
Year 1998 Month 1
Title: ´Old Home` and ´Farmingdale` the Romeo and Juliet of Pear Rootstocks: An Historical Perspective
Author: K.E. Hummer
Abstract:
The search for a high quality pear rootstock was begun by Professor F.C. Reimer in the early part of the
20th century.
He obtained two fire blight-resistant clones of Pyrus communis L., 'Old Home' and 'Farmingdale
from Illinois.' These two clones became a "Romeo and Juliet" of pear rootstocks producing the 'Old Home × Farmingdale' series.
In the United States the names and numbers of this series have been trademarked
and several clones were patented.
Three generations later, 'Old Home' continues to be used as a
parental source of pear fire blight and decline-resistant genes in rootstock and cultivar breeding programs in
the United States, Canada, France, England, and Germany.
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