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  • From: "Joe Boles" <jo.bo@rogers.com>
  • To: "Ontario Fruit Explorers" <labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [OFEX] Moonglow Pear
  • Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:22:03 -0400

Burt:

I thin pears when they are the size of a 50ยข piece to about 8" apart. Below is some info I Googled which should be helpful. If you could spare some scion wood or bud wood sometime I would appreciate it.

 

Pear trees grown under favorable conditions will overbear, resulting in small fruit and broken limbs. Removing excess fruit ensures satisfactory development of color, shape and size of pears remaining on the tree. Failure to remove excess fruit decreases formation of flower buds for the following year and causes trees to produce a good crop every other year. Over cropped trees are also subject to serious limb breakage problems.

The earlier thinning is completed, the more effective it is in achieving desired results. Midsummer thinning improves fruit size, but it does not aid formation of next year's flower buds which are initiated during the spring and summer following full bloom. Thin fruit before this period.

Remove fruit by hand. Leave one pear per cluster and space the clusters approximately every 6 inches. Start at one end of a branch and systemically remove fruit. To remove fruit without damaging other pears on the spur, hold the stem between the thumb and forefinger and push the fruit from the stem with the other fingers. This method removes the pears but leaves the stem attached to the spur.

 



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