@Fusion_power @TrentC
Lets build on what @Fusion_power has said.@39thparallel is a commercial pear grower as well. Growing pears is complicated because very little commercial research is done. @Fusion_power is making good recommendations but there are strings attached to every new fruit you need to be aware of. As an example Shenandoah tastes like battery acid at harvest and needs to remain in your cold storage for a month or two longer to taste as it should. It is a storage pear. That is both good and bad. Drippin Honey is a fantastic Asian pear with good storage. These new strains of fireblight can damage Drippin Honey. 4000 pears need to be grown and grafted for you this year and commercial pricing needs done.
It’s much better if i don’t let a callery go to long but occasionally I do. There is a big difference between a 2 and 3 year old callery. This one was more like 4 years old i think because it was in an older orchard it got overlooked twice. Clearly the grafts failed and it should have been t- bud grafted. Planting large amounts of rootstocks then grafting them in 1 or 2 years is a great strategy at my orchard. Allowing the roots to get established gives the tree more resistantance to dro…
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]
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…
Harrow delight is the first pear to ripen this year on August 1st. Nice pears absolutely delicious when grown in this hot climate. Looking back pears seldom ripen in the same order. I’ve been documenting many varities closely since 2015. I’ve grown pears most of my life in some capacity but learned the importance of good record keeping about 6 years ago. Photos and data are imperative to growing fruit well.
Today is July 13th and Harrow delight are heavy. I just picked a 5 gallon pale from one mature tree and a few i grafted in the last couple of years. They are bearing fruit for me in year 2 now when i graft them. In the top two photos is a round unripe pear i had to pick early known as menie. The bottom longer pear shaped fruits of the first 2 photos is harrow delight. The bottom pictures are unripe orcas pears i have a tree of that im researching. It is heavy with pears. It is one …
@Robert
"AC™ Harrow Crisp is a midsized, conical, upright, annually productive, and hardy tree. More importantly, it is fireblight resistant, making it a great choice for home orchardists and organic growers. AC™ Harrow Crisp does not produce sufficient viable pollen to be used as a pollenizer for Barlett. However, it is self-fertile. AC™ Harrow Crisp will pollinate Bosc,Flemish Beauty, and Anjou.
The fruit is a very attractive pear, blushed red on smooth yellow skin, slightly larger than B…
Harrow pears continue to show promise. " The ‘Harrow’ (Ontario, Canada) pear breeding program was initiated in 1962 to develop fire blight resistant pear selections for the fresh and processing markets ." Have never seen anyone attempt to list all 25 varities. It is my feeling we should grow the ones we can and continue to watch for the others to be released. Harrow hw623 & hw624 are now known as Happi & Dew drop pears Harrow hw623 & hw624 Happi & Dew drop pears a follow up
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The flavor of Drippin’ Honey Asian Pear was good last year but this year is incredible. It’s hard to believe the fruit could be as good as these are! Highly recommend them because of the size , flavor , and they are moderately easy to grow. [image] [image]
Several people are adding these pears. Anyone else have plans to add these?
“This sumptuous pear is not only sweet and juicy but it’s the 3rd fire blight-resistant pear developed by Agricultural Research Service horticulturist, Richard Bell. This large, Bartlett type pear has a sub-acid pear flavor with excellent storage life. Shenandoah stores very well without breaking down for up to five months. Ripens in September. Best pollinators: Bartlett, Anjou or Comice.”
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Adams County Nursery is taking orders for a new pear named “Bell.” Their description of the pear is as follows:
“This exciting new release from the USDA ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville, WV is named after the longtime pear breeder, Richard Bell. The fruit has ranked the highest in flavor intensity, flavor balance and juiciness among other pears in its season during years of extensive evaluation. The tree is vigorous and exhibits excellent resistance to fire blight. Trees …
I’ve never seen anyone say how they tasked. Does anyone have any experience w these?
Thanks,
Bob
Dallas
Ive heard good things about Warren though many sources say it takes a long time to yield and the yield is low. Im confused on this pear because other experts say its a quality pear. I plan to grow conference already so am i missing anything if i skip Warren?
Top working Pears weather permitting today. I don’t like grafting with these temperature swings we are getting but I can’t wait much longer or it will get to hot. This is my first grafts of the year. Might as well just jump right in. Grafting this one and several others to Douglas. Wish me luck! How’s your grafting going? [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image]
Hopefully previous post and this post as a follow up to @Fusion_power post will bring to light many facts that will help you all in making pear growing decisions. I would review this thread as well.
@fruitnut
When i view things in a certain way it is based on my own personal experience as related to my orchard or those nearby. You are no doubt correct overall for many people. In California, all they plant usually are dwarfs. In my soil trees are very slow to come into production at times in addition to other things stated. Planting an orchard is a lot of work which i only want to do once. Naturally i respect your opinion as well. Short lived trees are a very poor choice for me. Dont …
I grow many dwarfs and many standard pears. When i say i grow hundreds of pear trees i mean that very literally. If you plaanted acres of the wrong pears they are not easy to maintain long term. I would analyze this data carefully.
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