Most hardy pear trees will grow big if you don't control them. But_______________________________________________
they are
quite easily manageable. Once they have reached the maximum height you
want, you simply cut back the year's growth. Same principle for the
across
dimension. I maintain my trees at about 4m high by 4 across without
too
much difficulty.
There are very few hardy pears that will keep more than a month.
Northbrite
is early and will keep maybe 2 weeks, Luscious maybe 1 month. Patten
and
Flemish Beauty a little longer. The first pears will be edible
beginning of
September, and the last ones will have to be eaten, processed or be
lost by
end of October... Which leaves a fairly short season - hence the
warning
not to plant too many trees.
Claude
A 07:57 09.04.04 -0400, vous avez écrit :
A while back, Claude made some excellent suggestions for pears for
my zone.
I am now considering getting 2 trees, however space always being
tight in
my overcrowded yard I would like them to not be too big.
As I am looking for good keepers I was thinking Luscious. However
on the
internet I have found sites stating it can grow up to 15m(45ft) with a
10m(30ft) spread, and others stating that it grows to 5m(15ft) by
4m(12ft).
I have read that Northbrite is a small tree (but have not found any
dimensions), so I've been considering that.
Claude warned me about the size of crops, I can't visualize whether
2 trees
would give me far too may pears to keep through the winter for my
family.
If one tree would be more than enough I could go with grafting
different
varieties on to a smaller tree as Claude suggested (this is
hypothetical as
I have no grafting experience).
If anyone can clarify the sizes of the trees and the typical yield I
would
be grateful.
Caren
Quebec
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