Jack W wrote:
He's an ornamental, not supposed to bear fruit, 15 ft. tall and skinny
because he doesn't get sufficient light. So this year, there are 13
good-sized pears.

Meanwhile, the 50-ft., bushy Bartlett pear tree I grew from seed in
1979, doesn't have many more pears, if any more, as far as I can tell,
from ground level.

Who can figure silly flora.



Shortly after Hurricane Rita hit our area last year all of my fruit
trees bloomed for the second time and then set fruit. None of it matured
of course. The local MacDonald's has Bradford pears planted all around
it for decoration and they all bloomed last fall and set fruit and then
it all dropped. Made the owner mad with all that fruit on the ground,
making a mess, so he had them all cut down. Flora and fauna act
strangely when stressed.

George