Pear Dormancy in my Greenhouse: 14 cultivars 2 Rootstock

General Fruit Growing
#1

OHxF 87 has broken dormancy

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse OHxF 87 rootstock
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse OHxF 87 rootstock1270×1693 454 KB

OHxF 97 is fully dormant

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) OHxF 97 Rootstock
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) OHxF 97 Rootstock1211×1614 450 KB

Pears began breaking dormancy/scale split about 3-4 weeks ago. My greenhouse is certainly the equivalent of somewhere like zone 9 I would suspect.

Abate Fetal

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Abate Fetal'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Abate Fetal'1270×1693 379 KB

Ayers

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Ayers'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Ayers'1330×1773 573 KB

Citron de Carmes

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Citron de Carmes'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Citron de Carmes'1331×1774 440 KB

Comte de Lamy (fully dormant)

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Comte de Lamy'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Comte de Lamy'1331×1774 393 KB

Daisui Li (fully dormant)

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) 'Daisui Li'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) 'Daisui Li'1331×1774 356 KB

Dan Bae

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Dan Bae'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Dan Bae'1361×1814 462 KB

Gourmet

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Gourmet'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Gourmet'1391×1855 446 KB

Marie Louise 1-bud has split scales of many

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Marie Louise' photo2
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Marie Louise' photo21331×1774 395 KB

Marie Louise - all other buds are tight yet

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Marie Louise'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Marie Louise'1331×1774 380 KB

Mishirazu

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Mishirazu'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Mishirazu'1240×1653 409 KB

Nijisseiki

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Nijisseiki'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Nijisseiki'1270×1693 460 KB

Onward

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Onward'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Onward'1331×1774 467 KB

Reddy Robin

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Reddy Robin'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse 'Reddy Robin'1331×1774 482 KB

Ubileen (fully dormant)

Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) 'Ubileen'
Pears 3-4-22 Greenhouse (dormant) 'Ubileen'1287×1717 479 KB

5 Likes
Greenhouse tricks
#2

Well you’ve got them spurring up and flowering at a young age in those tubes. Great observations, Dax!

1 Like
#3

I’d say that what I’ve seen here and then include both ‘Harrow Sweet’ & ‘Harrow Delight’ having bloomed in my orchard - after my neighbors Callery pears had finished blooming and all blooms were spent and no pollen on a single flower- which missed Harrow Delight and Harrow Sweet, that… Nijisseiki (I’ve seen it bloom two or three times) is the earliest and that Ayers was as Early as Nijisseiki to begin scale (bud) split to possibly bloom in time with Callery… I’ve only seen both of these in containers, blooming.

1 Like