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[Edgar Nutans <marillen@earthlink.net>]

That is on p. 48 of the 2003 "Trees of Antiquity" catalog.  

Thanks to all for clearing this up.  

Edgar
fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:

> It was written:
>
> As I pored over nursery catalogs lately, I noticed that one catalog 
> claims that 'Warren' pear is self-pollinating.  Is this true?  Does it 
> actually set good crops by itself?  (I have a small yard).
>
> My reply:
>
> Warren is not self fertile.  In fact, like Magness it has such weak scent 
> that insects are attracted to about everything else.
>
> For those whom would be content with just a few Warren pears I have two suggestions.  
> One espalier the darn tree and then use a paintbrush to hand pollinate it.  Or, train a 
> six arm palmette form of espalier and graft 3 different varieties, Warren in the 
> middle.   I did this and it was going very well until the animals girdled the tree at 
> the snow line.   i imagine a triple "u" espalier would work as well.
>
> I mention this because I tried the multiple graft "tree" approach with Warren 
> and Magness.   This simply does not work very well as the insects avoid the 
> Magness/Warren part of the tree.   However by sandwiching the Magness/Warren in a tight 
> espalier form the insects seem to stumble over them on their way the other varieties 
> flowers.
>
> Once again, the home grower is presented with viable options that are simply 
> not practical for a commercial orchard.
>
> By the by, what catalog was this?   This is a very big error.   
>
> All the best,
>
> the fluffy(supremely confident in his masculinity)bunny
>
>
>
>
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