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[lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

The only reason I prune my shipova is because I erroneously planted it too close to some other plants. The tree needs little or no pruning, mostly to keep it open to light and air rather than to stimulate new wood. Branch weighting has also been unnecessary because of the naturally wide crotch angles. No particular pest problems except some catfacing. I hope the dwarfing rootstock can induce precocity and dwarfing. I'm trying to dwarf some other shipovas of mine by using interstems of OHxH 513.

Lee Reich, PhD

www.leereich.com

Books by Lee Reich:

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

A Northeast Gardener's Year

The Pruning Book

Weedless Gardening

On Feb 14, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Doreen Howard wrote:

Does anyone grow shipova?  And, yes, Lee, I've read the chapter in your book 

on it!  If you grow it, how much pruning do you do in late winter?  From the 

looks of my tree and from what I've read, the scaffolds should grow wide on 

their own.  Have you had to weigh down branches to achieve wide crotches or 

notch buds or anything else?  Have you had problems with fire blight?  BTW, 

my shipova is on dwarfing stock and has been in the ground almost a year. 

The theory is that is should fruit sooner than the normal 7-8 years.

My second question.  Has anyone tried bagging Asian pears?  The apple 

bagging experiment I did last year was 100 percent successful.  I'm 

wondering if Asian pears will benefit, too.

Any and all advise is appreciated.

Doreen Howard 

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