Just wanted to give an update on a few tricks I’m using on the harder to grow pears. I top worked 10’ up a kieffer to forelle, comice, abate fetel etc. so when they are hit with fireblight it will cork off. I also put them on my windy hilltop location on fairly mature slow growing callery to the trees are not getting huge growth spurts. I trimmed very little off the trees. Trying similar tricks on callery that are FB resistant. It’s all about the rootstocks and letting them get huge prior to grafting because the roots are the hard part to grow.
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Soon I will winter prune some of the newer varities in the few cases they need it. My goal is to also keep an eye on disease and pests at the same time.
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