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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

My uncle has a pear.  It was sold as something else, but appears to be 
seckel based on its fruit.  It started fruiting when we didn't know of any 
other pears in the area.  It fruited more after a younger pear started to 
flower, but that might have been due to greater maturity - it was only a 
couple years after the 'seckel' started flowering.

Raccoons have nearly killed both trees, eating the bark in the winter.  The 
pear bark seems to attract raccoons shortly after the trees come into 
bearing.
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Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:58:00 -0500 "William C. Garthright" 
<billg@inebraska.com> wrote:
>I was glad to see Seckel pears in my local grocery store today, and very 
>surprised at how small they are (I'd never seen them before). But they 
>were very tasty.
>
>Online, there seems to be some disagreement about Seckel pears. Some 
>sites say that they need another variety for cross-pollination, and some 
>sites say that they don't. Anyone here know? I wouldn't mind planting a 
>dwarf tree, but I'm not sure if I have room for two (rather, I've got 
>other things I'd like to plant, and I'm running out of room).
>
>If I do need two varieties (I have Asian pears, but apparently they 
>bloom too early), what would you recommend for another good-eating pear 
>- something compatible with Seckel, but that maybe ripens at a different 
>time?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill
>Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
>
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