I just ordered a dew drop pear aka HW623 - surprisingly a lot of the harrow series of pears are hard to find in retail nurseries here. Anyways anybody have experience with its precocity?
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Harrow pears are gaining in popularity what is everyone planting now from the program?
Good afternoon, Mr. Clark. Do you know of anyone growing harrow pear varieties in a place with extreme heat, like Texas?
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They can handle 100+ F no problem. @Auburn may know even more since his climate is warmer than mine.
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Iām in DFW. Had 2 young Harrow Sweet pears. Lost both to fireblight first year they bloomed. Copper and lime sulfur sprays didnāt prevent fireblight for these. Heat over 105F didnāt faze them at all with regular watering and good mulching.
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Thank you for letting me know. Do you have fb problems often on other pears. My pear trees are relatively young, but I havenāt been hit yet with Keiffer or moonglow. Iām about an hour south of you.
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This year I have many varieties flowering. Asian pears all clear so far. Fb has hit Tennosui (not sure if this is true variety), Abate Fetel, Magness (very limited), and Red Clapp Favorite (mild so far). Potomac looks clean. Next door neighbor has an old pear harboring fb every year.
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I have Harrow Sweet and Harrow Delight. Harrow Sweet is a fruiting machine and appears to handle the heat until ripening time and then I get some internal breakdown. My Harrow Delight grows well but hasnāt bloomed yet. Near central Alabama.
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