Re: Pear ID
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11/21/21 03:02 PM
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Are they kinda sandy or gritty? They kinda look like a sand pear
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Re: Pear ID
[Re: bowhunterks]
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11/21/21 03:47 PM
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Might be a bartlett pear. Not a Bartlett. Bartlett are your classic pear shape, smooth green skin turning yellow when fully soft ripe. It looks alot like a keiffer but there are dozens of named varieties with similar background breeding as keiffer and similar look. It could also very well be a seedling tree of unknown parentage. Many of our named varieties are actually found farmstead or fencerow seedlings. Interesting fact. Keiffer is a Bartlett x Chinese Sand Pear cross.
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Re: Pear ID
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11/21/21 04:46 PM
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Good info, thanks all. He ordered the trees from a catalog 7 or so years ago but he can’t remember where.
What’s the best time of year to collect cuttings? I took my cuttings in March. All the cuttings lived until it got warm in the Summer. The 6 that became trees had more roots than the ones that died, when it became hot and dry. I should have put plastic down, over the soil and kept them better watered and more would of made it. A plastic tent over the top may have helped too. I have had very good luck with elderberry and grape cuttings. None of the apple or peach cuttings I have taken have ever made it. Keith
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Re: Pear ID
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11/21/21 11:03 PM
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Most European pears used to be grafted to quince roots for dwarfing. I got quince roots if you need ‘em.
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