Second bloom on pear tree?

[ruskbucks]

I have a red anjou pear tree that bloomed out weeks ago, maybe even a month. It has fruit on it the size of a dime. I took a ride in back and it has flowers on these long stems. Is this normal? What is going on with this tree?

 

[Telemark]

Cool. Is it just one branch or the whole tree? Looks like some sort of genetic mutation. I would let it go and see how it turns out. Might be something interesting or useful.

 

[ruskbucks]

It is over the whole tree but sparse. Maybe about 20 of these flowers. Nothing like the first bloom when the whole tree was blossoms.

 

[homerj]

Did you have a stretch of 90s in early May followed by a stretch of much cooler weather?

One issue with late blossoms is that fireblight is much more active later in the spring.

 

[Native Hunter]

It’s not what I would call common, but I see it frequently. Last fall I had several different apple trees with blooms in November. There is one variety of apple I have read about that it is common to see blossoms twice in the spring. I can’t recall the variety, but I read it on the BHCF website.

 

[ruskbucks]

Did you have a stretch of 90s in early May followed by a stretch of much cooler weather?

One issue with late blossoms is that fireblight is much more active later in the spring.

I would say that was exactly happened this year. Just when you thought it was warming up it was in the 40s again.