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[Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>]

I've found several pears this year, both from my parent's house and mine
which were completely seedless. I've got two older Bartlett trees, and the
only other pear that bloomed this spring in my orchard was a Seckel. Oddly
enough, my parents have Bosc and Luscious right next to each other, and
I've found several seedless Luscious so far.

Weather was apparently superb for apple and pear pollination around here,
because everyone has enormous crops of both.

-matt
z5 se MI


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I mentioned the ability of pears to produce fruit parthenocarpically I
> was speaking from literature on the subject.  As far as pears producing
> seeds by themselves I can't say because the years ago I saw pears bearing
> fruit with no help I didn't check for seeds.  Maybe someone can check their
> self fertile pear now because I wouldn't be surprised if this happens as a
> regular occurrence now that I've seen paw paws and native persimmons do it-
> that is produce seeded fruit alone.
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