A neighbor on my road has a 30 footer in his yard that another neighbor says is around 40 years old. She told me that in the Fall that her husband would back a pickup truck to the tree and the men would shake it hard and the pears would fall into the pickup. Ive never seen any sign of fireblight on it… but other neighbors that have crabs and seedling orchards in their yards the fireblight is clearly visible. The house has changed hands a couple of times and the original owner has passed so nobody knows what kind of pear tree it is. I will try and get some pears and pics of the tree this fall.
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