Richard , your place is beautiful
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I donāt think they overlap, here, either, but my Ayers still hasnāt had many flowers yet. That tree grows a lot. Moonglow works for Ayers, and I have have a few scions of it if you want to try grafting.
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thx for the offer but i would not want to waste them. i have zero experience grafting and need to learn about that first, Appreciate the offer though. I have a Potomac coming soon (whenever it ships). I will try a graft on it.
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Batch #2
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Richard, the Rosetta looked so delicious. Does the pear taste good too?
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We love the taste of Hood pear.
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Im thinking about doing a hood and flordahome pear here in coastal SoCal. Those pears in these pictures look yummy.
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In my experience Flordahome is fireblight prone in our environment but Hood is very resistant.
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Do you know where in SoCal I maybe be able to get a hood pear?
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Theyāre available bareroot from late Dec. into Feb. at real nurseries (rarely garden departments). For example, Green Thumb Nursery.
BTW they are self fruitful in our climate. Allow 3-5 years after planting to receive regular crops.
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The tree didnāt need much in the way of pruning this year. I shortened the main whips to 7 foot from the ground and removed a few improper side branches.
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Richard, how does the taste of Hood compare to Kieffer? Iām assuming Hood is better, but the only other pear I have experience with that has a lot of Asian pear in its heritage is Kieffer. I got my first Kieffer crop from grafts last fall and was pretty disappointed in both taste and texture. My Hood grafts have still not fruited, but unless Hood is significantly tastier than Kieffer, I may give up on them. Also, that looks like a very happy, healthy pear tree!
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Hood and Keiffer fruits are similar in shape and thatās about it. I wouldnāt recommend Keiffer to anyone.
Hood takes 4-5 years in the ground from bareroot to start producing regular crops. How long has yours been planted?
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Okay, thatās a relief, sounds like Keiffer is not even in the same league as Hood. The Keiffer grafts will be replaced, but Iāll hold off on the Hood. I have Hood grafted onto a root sucker of my big Winter Nelis tree, and I probably grafted it about four years ago. I have not let it get very big. (My original thinking was that the Nelis was in decline and that Iād have the replacements growing from the suckers, but the big tree is still going strong, so now I just have some mini-trees around it. Not ideal, I realize.) It set two fruits this last year so Iād hoped to get a taste, but since itās low to the ground, some critters got the fruit. Sounds like it might be old enough for a better crop next year though!
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I ordered a Hood Pear for here in zone 7a (south of Nashville). Thanks for the recommendation.
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Iām going to add Hood pear, but I will go to local nursery to buy them. I donāt want to pay for shipping charge.
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