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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

In the horrrible Big Freeze last year, everything succumbed to two nights of 18 F.  However, this spring the pears bloomed again, all except for Twentieth Century grafts that bloomed last year.  I think the freeze damaged the fruiting spurs.  Shinko and Kieffer bloomed again just fine this year.  The only 20th Century  blooms this year were on grafts that had never bloomed till this year.  Donna, Z6  Tennessee