OOOOPs, replied to the wrong thread. I was on the English Oak thread ..... shoulda commented on apples & pears.
And I can do that.
First, I would suggest to all that when you are talking about planting times, harvest times, drop times, etc......well, if you would simply add to the post what your latitude is at the spot that you are referencing. So much of our habitat efforts are influenced by how far north our deer dirt is....or how far south.
Telling us your latitude give us some better idea on what you are dealing with vs what we may have north....or south of you.
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Anyway, I am a latitude 43 degrees....in mid-Michigan farm country..
I've already mentioned my English Oaks...some of them....are still hanging acorns.
But my apples: Redfield, Goldrush, Galarina, and even (surprise, surprise) a Golden Delicious......are all holding well, with very few drops. My Dolgo has dropped although there are about 100 to 200 'mummies' remaining. Long down ae my Williams Pride, Florina Querina, Liberty, Pristine,, Whitney.
Seedling crabs I cultivated from favored wild trees ...... are holding well.
My Kieffer pears are a good 75+% dropped...depends upon the tree. They all had a huge year, which surprised me given our late frosts.
I have a half-dozen or so seedling pears that I grew from a pear tree I've long admired in a local farmers front yard. Those seedlings are my home-run.
They produce abundantly....tho late frosts do hurt them as they bloom relatively early.....and they produce a fruit about the diameter of a quarter coin. And they trickle down, they hang late, and deer seem to love 'em. They had a very good year and are doing now....what I just posted. Hanging late, trickling down slowly.