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["Toni Pralle" <toni.pralle@gmail.com>]

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From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pears for north iowa
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So I had to go to the home page to read it. Why?? Was it an attachment to the group? Can't think a post like this would have been an attachment.

 

I think that was the ultimate answer. Now you can get real information
from a local expert.<br>
<br>
I was thinking, as I read your earlier posts, that if you are ordering
peach trees and expecting them to live, then your choice of pear
varieties isn't all that limited. I have 2 pear trees in my yard and
have grafted a few other cultivars on side branches to try them out. I
wouldn't really consider trying a peach here. We usually get at least
30 below zero and have gone to 40 below some years. Last winter, -34 on
February 29th. <br>
<br>
Steve in the Adirondacks (zone 4 by the map, zone 3 by the thermometer)
<br>

 But anyway, Steve, I was speechless to find baby peaches on my tree this summer! First time ever. I'm at war with the bunnies but my trees ARE dwarf! We had a freeze again last spring. Winter is typically 30 below and wind out of the NW.  I didn't get any other fruit besides strawberries. Oh, yeah, and we had the flood. For the past 2 years we've had alternating 40 degrees followed two days later by below zero. My trees suffered. I was thinking I would put the hoses out in April and turn them on until September next year. I'm on an acreage so my cost would only be the well pump running.

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Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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