@scottfsmith ,
Let me for now post this information out here that i received from Corvallis in the screenshot below. Since we usually do a fund raiser for the growingfruit website seperately lets assume for now you will handle @ctduckhunter donation question seperately. Rather than you taking on the job Scott of collecting donations for corvallis and doing one large donation to them people can go directly to Corvallis if they would like to make contributions to them at the website below http://agresearchfoundation.oregonstate.edu/friends-national-clonal-germplasm-repository which i think would be the best way to do it once i thought it over. Just finished making my donation.
If anyone would like to see the results of some of my pear research this is some of it (each link is a seperate years harvest (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Crop is fairly rough but getting a crop is better than not getting one. The harvest is sparse. I picked just over 30 gallons and wound up with 10 gallons of waste apples I worked into the garden. The harvest came off 4 production trees. Typically those trees yield 1-2 bushels each. The small white bowl is a seedling apple I grew from seed… [image]
The weather has been kind so far this year and I’ve not lost any pear blossoms yet. Lots of trees are budding out and will flower very soon. The individual flower buds are formed. With any luck the cold will miss us and these will wind up being fruit. The weatherman is predicting 26 Saturday but I sprayed copper and dormant oil so I think I bought myself 2 degrees. Its also been extremely windy which on my hilltop orchard may give me the edge I need. I will post an update next week. Fruit gro…
These red Bartlett’s are small this year but sweeter than sugar! They are more of a red blushing Bartlett. Deer, raccoons etc. have been eating some of them as some pears fall on the ground or on low hanging branches. Expect to still get 20 gallons in the buckets. The windfalls help to keep the wildlife alive during this drought when all my neighbors had complete crop failures with their cereal crops. My fruit crops are a miracle during the most severe drought since the dirty thirties. A dust b…
Incredible harvest today August 3rd of Clapps favorite! Picked a 5 gallon bucket already! Others are ripe but im getting to them as i can! Clapps favorite is an incredibly difficult pear to pick at the right time. Yesterday they were not ready but the green june beetles attacked telling me the sugar content was increasing so today i did the tilt test again and they are ripe ! These will rot from the inside out so if you grow them be mindful of the timing. The pear will look perfect on the outsi…
There are many other topics on pear research on this website. We are fortunate to have programs available Very thankful for ARS GRIN programs! A plethora of pears & apples! . The use of hardy rootstocks is combined with desirable fruit using various grafting methods eg. Top working Callery Pears weather permitting . Thank you @Seedy for donating your time to Corvallis which is one of the biggest donations of them all!
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