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Pear trees
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:29 am
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:29 am
For the posters hear that currently or have had pears trees. What were the most prolific and latest ripening varieties? TIA.
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:46 am to Koolazzkat
Where are you located? In regards to pear cultivars, geography makes a big difference as it relates to pear tree diseases, primarily fire blight, as well chilling hours (hours exposed to temperatures between 32 and 45F) during winter required for pear trees varieties to bear fruit.
Posted on 1/19/26 at 11:45 am to CrawDude
Zone 9A/8b border.
Posted on 1/19/26 at 12:41 pm to Koolazzkat
The Korean/Asian pears are awesome
Posted on 1/19/26 at 4:42 pm to Bamafig
We are very limited down here in terms of pears for fresh eating. Several good 'canning pears"
For fresh eating, Southern Bartlett and Biscamp have made me very happy. I have cuttings if you can get your hands on a Cleveland / flowering peair to use for rootstock
For fresh eating, Southern Bartlett and Biscamp have made me very happy. I have cuttings if you can get your hands on a Cleveland / flowering peair to use for rootstock
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:01 pm to luvdoc
No need to buy rootstock. The entire landscape is littered with wild Callery pears. They make great rootstock. I have grafted several. I’ve been tempted to start Guerilla Grafting pears in my neighborhood.
Posted on 1/20/26 at 9:49 am to Koolazzkat
The fresh eating-soft pear varieties one finds in the store like Bartlett simply don’t well in the Deep South b/c of fire blight diseases issues, and lack of adequate chilling hours would likely be an issue.
The canning-cooking-hard pear varieties like Keiffer, Orient, and there are others, are fireblight resistance and have low chilling hour requirements. I have both Keiffer and Orient and they produce consistently. I tried Moonglow, used for fresh eating or canning, but it never flowered or produced, likely from insufficient chilling hours (Baton Rouge area).
Ideally plant two different cultivars with overlapping blooming times for cross pollination and increased yield. Read all you can on pruning and training pear trees, very important in the first several years post planting.
You should be able to get the average number of chillin hours, and recommended pear cultivars, for your area from the horticultural county agent for the county you will be planting in, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, contact info will be on their website.
Good article on choosing pear varities for coastal AL that should be helpful.
LINK
The canning-cooking-hard pear varieties like Keiffer, Orient, and there are others, are fireblight resistance and have low chilling hour requirements. I have both Keiffer and Orient and they produce consistently. I tried Moonglow, used for fresh eating or canning, but it never flowered or produced, likely from insufficient chilling hours (Baton Rouge area).
Ideally plant two different cultivars with overlapping blooming times for cross pollination and increased yield. Read all you can on pruning and training pear trees, very important in the first several years post planting.
You should be able to get the average number of chillin hours, and recommended pear cultivars, for your area from the horticultural county agent for the county you will be planting in, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, contact info will be on their website.
Good article on choosing pear varities for coastal AL that should be helpful.
LINK
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:45 am to CrawDude
i have two keifer pears planted in the spring of 2022 along with a dozen or more fruit trees. They're the only two survivors of the past 4 years of crazy weather. And they make pears like their life depends on it!
Posted on 1/20/26 at 1:28 pm to Randall Savauge
What month do the kieffers ripen?
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