"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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In message , Leslie
writes
This year my Conference Pears have split and are very hard.


Could be rain/ sunshine related.

That sounds to me like a working definition of Conference pears. Useful
mainly as a pollinator and the fruit are OK for cooking and fermenting.

The Wasps are
having a field day in splits and cracks.

This is the first time I have had this problem The trees were planted by
me
some 6-7 years ago and have fruited this last three years.

Any and all advice gladly taken.

Try Comice and/or one of the Nashi cultivars if you like pears.


Comice is v disease-prone. Concorde (son of Comice & Conference) is often a
better bet

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Anton