You gotta get that Worden twig I sent you fruiting!
I like how one of the nurseries says they “are now prepared to offer Worden specimens for this year 1895… correspondence is solicited… and will be promptly answered!”
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Makes we wonder if the Worden could survive here on the edge of 4a/3b
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I’m glad you got it to work.
Someday, I might ask for a stick back. My tree is sickly after transplant, and had to be moved to my sister’s property an hour away. Moving it became necessary after my divorce.
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Sure no worries just let me know.
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Yo dude! Did you get any Worden pears to ripen last year?
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I’m sorry, Clark. Our road to hell was paved with the best of intentions.
We’ll get ‘er next time.
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I stumbled upon a Worden Seckel tree today. It looked pretty healthy with no signs of blight, foliar diseases, or scab on the fruitlets. This one seems to like fruiting in clusters.
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Can you give us follow up photos later? It looks just like seckle so far. Thats what it should look like. Worden should look like this later Worden Pear
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail.aspx?1436222
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Sure thing, Clark. I’ve never seen Seckel on a tree in real life before. I first noticed the tree last year but there were no fruit on it as a Korean Giant next to it was starting to ripen and Hosui was nearly done.
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@clarkinks Here’s an update on the tree I found. The fruit are certainly sizing up. At this stage they are about the size of regular Seckel fruit I’ve seen for sale or maybe a little larger. When do you think these would be mature? The tree isn’t mulched or irrigated and I’m doubting that it’s fertilized.
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Do you think these look like true Worden Seckel?
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Around the second week of September near Reading, PA.
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