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Old 26-05-2004, 04:47 PM
jonperry jonperry is offline
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Default pruning young pear trees

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Originally posted by jonperry
Thanks for this Doug. As tumbleweed suggested - it is possible that my trees are some strange type which might not be amenable to pruning in the way you've suggested. Just for my piece of mind would you have a look at these pictures of the trees (not brilliant quality I'm afraid) and let me know if your advice still stands.

http://uk.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...=/1ea7&.src=ph

Cheers
Jon
Another update. I've found out that the trees are doyenne du comice and bon chretien. Apparently neither of these is self fertile. This might explain why I haven't seen any flowers. How do I get them to flower?