Citron De Carmes pear aka Madeleine pear

[mamuang]

I see a few flower clusters on my small graft, too.

[M.E.Schmidt]

Please keep us posted on how they do!

[clarkinks]

Covered with blooms again we can expect a very good year for pears.

[aap]

Nice looking cluster. I don’t have any rootstock left to graft, this pear sounds very interesting, like to grow it.

[clarkinks]

I will tell you more as i know more it’s long overdue its flowered for years.

[MikeC]

Lovely pink/red blooms.

[aap]

Clark, I think you qualify for Pearmaster Extraordinaire.Just don’t take this title lightly. Amazing.

[clarkinks]

Citron de carmes has hundreds of blooms on this year. Looking forward to a big crop. Many years of blooms and fruits and things always happened.

[clarkinks]

Let’s see how it tastes this year. No sign of fireblight or problems of any kind yet.

[Barkslip]

[Barkslip]

How often am I going to need to feed pears before or after they are producing 50-pear or whatever could be considered “bearing age”?

My trees are growing fast and have some (not enough to notice) scab - but other than that are fine. I’m watching too much vigor happen on OHxF 87 to a few Asian pears. I’m wondering when fireblight is going - to invite itself in & onto those trees - too.

Well - I’ll see ya.

[clarkinks]

@Barkslip

Hardly do anything to these I don’t even fertilize them generally. Pears produce typically within 7 years. Some produce in half that time. Maybe your fertilizing them to much.

[Barkslip]

I haven’t ever fertilized. I’ll know when the trees have suppressed their growth, if 15-20 years from now, even. Best Regards

[clarkinks]

Japanese beetles devoured these pears. This is very unusual I’ve never seen this before.

[Richard]

@clarkinks
It sounds like Dax has yet to see fireblight on his, how about you?

[clarkinks]

@Richard

No fireblight at all.

[snowflake]

@clarkinks

Japanese beetles devoured these pears.

Oh no! Did they target that variety over any others?

[clarkinks]

Yes over all other varities.

[clarkinks]

Yes over all other varities.

[snowflake]

@clarkinks

Interesting. They must know a good thing. I’ve noticed that some pests seem to target the more healthy trees (greener leavers or whatever), while some pests seem excited to finish off something that’s already hurting!