pears...pears and more pears

[huntall]

Man...I love pear trees ! I have had really good luck with pears and deer really just stay under the trees when they are ripe.
Of course I'm in the deep south and pears are easier to grow than apples for me. I have for the most part given up on apples. After this coming weekend I'll have about 40 pear trees in the ground. Some old and some young. Iv got Kiefer, orient, hood,sugar pear, Bartlett, Moonglow, and I'm going to plant pinapplepear and floridahome pear this weekend. Anyone else crazy about pears like I am?

 

[huntall]

This is from one of my trees

 

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And another picture
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One of my young pears

 

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This is a couple more of my young trees about a year or so ago.

 

[chummer]

They drive me crazy! I have 8 that are trying to survive winter die back the last two horrible winters. Two of those I think have turned the corner. I also have 3 that I started from seed two years ago that survived being in the garden last winter. I will move those to there final spot this spring. I also have a few kieffer that I got on clearance last fall. It will be my crowning achievement if I ever get a pear.

 

[huntall]

Good luck with those trees chummer...maybe they will turn the corner and do good

 

[Turkey Creek]

I like pears as well. They are a great fit for our bow season here as it opens Sept 1. I have seen deer brave going into town to eat pears in backyards around here.

 

[Lot2Learn]

I think the reason we don't hear more about pears on this forum is that so many of the guys are located in much colder climates where apples do so well.

I'm in zone 7a and I'll be able to grow both apples and pears and about 20% of my fruit trees are pears.

I went with Kiefer and then three of the asian pears, Olympic, Yoinashi, and Shinko. I went with the asian pears based in part on the recommendation of one of our forum-friends...was it Aero?

I think one of the great advantages of apples, though, is the ability to find so many varieties that drop much later in the season. In your climate, did you ever try Arkansas Black?

 

[chickenlittle]

I like to research what I plant and find so much more information about apples varieties that support my goal of providing an attractant from the end of September into January. Grafted trees are what I want so I know what I am getting and can choose what goes where. I'm trying persimmon and pears too. Persimmons are hardest to figure out which varieties will ripen this far north and then get scionwood for grafting.

Most European pears are ripe by the end of September. There are some nice wild pears near my house. Despite getting fireblight, they are loaded with pears each year but drop them all before bow season. I have some grafted eating pears in my new orchard but mostly for my consumption. For deer, I am trying perry pears for making pear cider. There are perry varieties that ripen in October and into November. I expect them to taste terrible but deer should eat them.

 

[aerospacefarmer]

I have planted keifer which the deer love and they hang around pretty late. I have had so many pears on these trees that they have been breaking branches every year. The only problem is they are right near my cabin as they were the first trees I planted . I don't think you can beat them for production and taste and easy to grow. I also have some bosc pears that have had issues with FB and a lot of Asian pears which have also had fb issues but I think I have it under control ...LOL The Olympic pears also hang pretty late and will give the deer a lot of nutrition in late October and into Novermber. I still had Olympic hanging last year at the end of rifle season but I think last year was an anomaly with the warm early winter and lack of snow.

By the way HUNTALL great pics and good luck with more pears!!!

 

[buckvelvet]

I like pears too, i don't have many but will be expanding those horizons in the coming years. However I will say lets invest not only in trees, grafting etc but good cameras so we can enjoy the full experience. ;)

 

[aerospacefarmer]

I like pears too, i don't have many but will be expanding those horizons in the coming years. However I will say lets invest not only in trees, grafting etc but good cameras so we can enjoy the full experience. ;)

I have 12 cameras out during the fall...in my back orchard I have 3 or sometimes 4 and believe it or not I get different deer on different cameras and not the same deer on each camera. Camera scouting is an art LOL

 

[buckvelvet]

I have 12 cameras out during the fall...in my back orchard I have 3 or sometimes 4 and believe it or not I get different deer on different cameras and not the same deer on each camera. Camera scouting is an art LOL

Not just trail cameras but cameras that we take tree photos/grafting updates with. No one wants to see a grainy graft! :)

 

[aerospacefarmer]

Not just trail cameras but cameras that we take tree photos/grafting updates with. No one wants to see a grainy graft! :)

Gotcha Buck I am headed out after lunch to take a few more pics of my 2014 grafts just for you LOL Waiting for it to get above 25 degrees LOL

 

[buckvelvet]

Apple porn is the best! I look forward to the pics...It is supposed to be 34 here today then near 50 tomorrow but with 40 mph winds, go figure...

 

[huntall]

I think one of the great advantages of apples, though, is the ability to find so many varieties that drop much later in the season. In your climate, did you ever try Arkansas Black?

I have been looking hard at the Arkansas Black.
If I expand my orchard anymore then this is the tree I'd like to try.

 

[huntall]

I bought a couple pineapple pear trees this evening and I'm going to get them planted along with the other trees I already had.

 

[aerospacefarmer]

I have been looking hard at the Arkansas Black.
If I expand my orchard anymore then this is the tree I'd like to try.

Great tree late hanger. One of my favorite tasting apples