Red skin pear, zone 4a

General Fruit Growing
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I’ve “discovered” a red skinned pear growing not far from my place. I need to find the owner of the property to ask about taking a scion next winter. Does anybody have any guesses as to what type of pear this could be? Looks like they are large(ish) fruits

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I’m not sure when winter comes there but you might be able to tbud the tree.

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I suck at t-budding. I’ve had limited success with apples and none with pears. Winter usually shows up here around the first or second week of November. Average first frost date is in about 5 weeks I think.

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Is it ripe now? Starkrimson is an early red pear.

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I don’t know if they’re ripe now. I will continue to keep an eye on the tree and see if the fruit get harvested and/or begin to drop. Starkrimson is one of the few options I came up with while searching. I’ve yet to find a red skin pear rated to zone 4a however, perhaps the tree’s owners just rolled the dice and got lucky

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