Most of the more well known hybrids are crosses of different species, others are crosses of different genus.
Sometimes people get confused by what does and does not cross, so sometimes there is confusion. Other times people deliberately sell fake seeds and plants with made up histories. I thought I would write a post showing some of the real hybrids as well as some fake hybrids.
Pear x Apple hybrids - Real hybrids and Imaginary hybrids
There seems to be a little confusion over intergeneric apple (Malus) x pear (Pyrus) hybrids. There are a lot of common names that confuse people. Apple x pear hybrids can and do exist, but they have not become marketable yet. Perhaps one day they will.
Let me show you ome that are not hybrids and why they confuse people, then I will show the real apple x pear hybrids.
'Papple'
The Papple is a hybrid of an European pear Pyrus communis and an Asian pear Pyrus pyrifolia and was originally named “T109” by breeders. It is a hybrid of two species of pear. The papple is NOT a cross between a pear and an apple, it has no apple in its genetic makeup whatsoever. The papple is a pear that has the vague appearance of an apple, so it was named 'papple'.
Papple is a cross between European pear and Asian pear, it is NOT a hybrid pear and apple |