If they reach maturity safely, I will definitely report it.
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You say those are a month away from harvest? They look small, what size to you expecting them to be when they’re finally ready?? Asking because I’m still waiting on getting my first taste of home grown pears…the 3 I have on my Leconte are already a decent size…need to take picture. Just not sure how to tell when they’ve properly ripened…
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It could be August this year because our winter ran over by a month.
how do you get the pears from the top off? looks like a 30ft pear tree
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This old thread will explain my method of picking fruit from large pear trees Here comes the 2016 apple and Pear harvest!.
Red Bartlett and my small yellow pear are heavy with fruit! I added in some haralson apple pictures from a nearby tree because out of all the apples this one has the largest crop and I couldn’t help but be impressed. Hopefully no one minds to much that the the first few pictures are apples. The early blooming pears such as Douglas will be sparse but what I lost in those I gained in others! This crop is bending branches and just half way to maturity.
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Your pears are loaded Clark. Nice going
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@tonyOmahaz5
Tony,
Thanks this springs weather was touch and go during bloom time. How did you come out in Omaha overall on fruits? I have some complete losses and some complete wins. Diversity is the key to my success. It’s an unusual weather year which sometimes has an adverse effect on fruit growing. Fortunately for me the weather was on my side overall.
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This is a good year for fruits production so far. No late frost issue and no hail storm yet. I have been dealing with the Japanese beetles lately with 2 applications of Sevin. Killed on contact and they are dead all over the ground. The weather was way too hot so my hybrid persimmon graft only at 50% take.
Tony
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Japanese Beetles have completely stripped Honeycrisp apple trees and worked on other apples and grapes. The beetles are not touching my pear trees so far. They seem to go for highest sugar content fruits first and seem to prefer ripe fruits most followed closely by apples and grapes foliage.
This is what I think might be an Orient pear. (Walmart—labeled Kieffer). It matched up to Orient ripening times last year. What about this year? Beginning to blush. Bloomed late February/first of March. About a week earlier in bloom this year. Picked third week of August last year. Just seems to be maturing faster this year or may I’m still a long way from being “ripe”. What do you think? Is it still on an Orient time schedule?
Katy
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Gosh Katy they look beautiful. Are they sweet? Or will it be a while before you know?
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Second year to bear. Last year they were okay sweet but not extra sweet. We had a lot of rain last year. Hardly any rain this year. They should be another month from ripening but are sure looking like they are rushing into it timewise. I’m excited.
Katy
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Bet they will be better this year!
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@k8tpayaso
They are that general sand pear hybrid class of pears which I can tell by the leaves. They are to squat & bell shaped for kieffer. Great looking pears!
This is improved kieffer which ripens in July - August depending on the weather.They are similar but not the same. Notice kieffer are more roundish and lack neck definition. 
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Those leaves look like what I have on my Orient tree, but I won’t be getting any fruit this year, still too small.
I thought this variety was more roundish, like an Asian pear. I think @auburn grows this pear, although I don’t know if it’s fruited for him yet.
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The tree was definitely mislabeled and the box stores here only carry about 3-4 varieties. It ripened last year about the same time as @Auburn Orient. They are a bit grainy but not as much as a Kieffer. They taste good off the tree but get better with a bit of counter time. I like them whatever they are.
Katy
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The red Bartlett are still loaded with bushels of pears. Had a few drops but it appears to be an excellent crop of pears!
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Wow! What a massive tree. I’m hoping for trees about 2/3 that size. Do you know how old it is?
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