On 4/26/2011 5:24 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
what did the nursery you purchased it from say?

They said I should keep paying them full price for damaged trees! :-)


Bought the tree from Meijer. The issue is, of course, partly my
fault for not inspecting it thoroughly. I was excited about finding a
variety that did not require planting another for pollination, and the
fact that it already had 3 quarter sized pears on it. I never thought
about looking under the tree wrap for damage.

Of course, by the time I noticed the girdling, it was early August -
probably the worst time to plant any sort of replacement tree. That
didn't matter, though, because their garden center has sold out of items
by that time. My only recourse would have been to rip out the tree and
take it in for a refund. I decided to give the tree a chance instead,
and am hoping that the bark will grow around the dead area.