To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Drooping Pear Branches
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:10:48 -0500
Sam,
Magness is supposed to be pollen sterile, so if its the only one you
planted, that would be the reason for no fruit.
Hal
zn 6b, TN
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From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Drooping Pear Branches
> Doc and others, have you grown both Warren and Magness and how did
> fertility, productivity, and fireblight resistance compare between the
> two cultivars. I planted a tree of Magness/OHF333 at my mother's in
> west-central Kansas (Zone 5b) and it has borne next to no fruit over the
> years. I'm about ready to rip it out and plant something else. -- Sam
> Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (Zone 4a)
>