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Subject: Re: [nafex] Pear surprise
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:29:17 -0700
My first question is: Do the pears have seeds in them? Sometimes trees will
produce fruit without pollination. That happened to me a couple of years
ago. I had a Sirrine pear tree that nearly every pear had no seeds in them.
They were a little smaller than usual. The process is called
parthenocarpic.
Bob Hartman
Western Washington
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Fruth
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:52 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [nafex] Pear surprise
Nineteen years ago I planted a Ure Pear along with two would-be
pollinators. The pollinators died long ago and the self-sterile(?) Ure has
remained barren until this year. For the first time, it is producing fruit,
but only on the lower branches. Has anyone else had a self-sterile fruit
tree that has become self-fertile?