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[Robert Bruns <r.fred.bruns@gmail.com>]

I've had squirrels chew through green apricots to get to the pits.  They are probably after the pips in your pears.  Once one squirrel does it, all the other squirrels see it and do the same, stripping even a large tree in a few days.

 

Fred

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA) <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:

Caren, squirrels can carry amazingly large fruit, even on power lines.  I think they’re your thieves. -- Sam

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Caren Kirk

Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:09 PM

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Subject: [NAFEX] Pear Thief

 

Out of interest, could anyone suggest what would be stealing small pears off my Flemish Beaty in July before they've fully grown and ripened? It's a small, young tree that I planyed last year that set about 8-10 small fruit. However something came and took them at the beginning of July. There were absolutely no signs of damage to the tree and absolutely no trace of the pears.

 

Animalwise we have quite a family of squirrels in the area but it seems to me that they would be too big for a squirrel to carry off. We have the odd raccoon, but the tree is too spindly to hold that kind of weight without branch damage. My kids show no interest in my fruit until it's on a plate in front of them, and they know better. As do the neighbours.

 

Any ideas so I can work out a strategy to protect them for next year?

 

Caren Kirk

St. Jerome, QC

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