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Old June 2, 2018   #2237
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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b View Post
They only crop every 3-4 years? Is that their nature, or the weather? What sort of culling?
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We had no fruit from the AsianPear the last two years. 3 years ago we had bussels of fruit.
It is more sensitive to the mountain climate than most fruit tree. (altitude)
Often an early warm week in early Spring followed by a frost ....loss of bloom and fruit set.

It is 15 years old and setting fruit 4-5 per cluster. Needs to be culled to one or two. The
weight alone will pull and break branches. Also the fruit is smaller if not culled.

My apples and pears fruit every year though some years better than others.

It is a mixed blessing to have a stellar year being so much work. Pruning, culling, harvesting.

And I have a bear that can sniff out ripe fruit. I caught him/her in my regular pear tree last year.
Broke two big branches sitting/climbing for ripe fruit. He got all he could reach and left me a few.
I took a brix reading and decided to wait a week but he knew best.
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