I planted a bare root asian pear without much pruning (removed 2 lower
branches out of a total 5) back in March. It didn't grow very well as
I don't see much side branches coming out but the leaves are big and healthy.
3 weeks ago it starts flowering (for the 2nd time, 1st was in April) and
now I see 4 pieces of small fruits. What should I do about them? Shall I
remove them to prevent them from drawing too much nutritions or let them
fruit and taste my luck?

They may drop off on their own--it's called the "June drop" ( a bit late, in
your case). Fruit trees commonly drop immature fruit that they don't have
the resources to ripen. If they don't drop, I would thin them to one or
two....it would be a shame not to taste them at all!

These are wonderful trees, mine are my favorites of all the fruit trees I've
planted. They look good, they are not prone to disease or insect problems,
and they are reliable producers of absolutely wonderful fruit. Have fun
with yours!

Cheers,
Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA


"John Smith" wrote in message
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I planted a bare root asian pear without much pruning (removed 2 lower
branches out of a total 5) back in March. It didn't grow very well as
I don't see much side branches coming out but the leaves are big and
healthy.
3 weeks ago it starts flowering (for the 2nd time, 1st was in April) and
now I see 4 pieces of small fruits. What should I do about them? Shall I
remove them to prevent them from drawing too much nutritions or let them
fruit and taste my luck?

I planted one next to a regular pear. It bloomed, the other died and was
replaced. However, the Asian pear that bloomed didn't produce any fruit. I
was told they needed to cross-pollinate with another pear, but had hoped I
could accidentally get some anyway, but no luck. Maybe next year. Dwayne



"SugarChile" wrote in message
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They may drop off on their own--it's called the "June drop" ( a bit late,
in
your case). Fruit trees commonly drop immature fruit that they don't have
the resources to ripen. If they don't drop, I would thin them to one or
two....it would be a shame not to taste them at all!

These are wonderful trees, mine are my favorites of all the fruit trees
I've
planted. They look good, they are not prone to disease or insect
problems,
and they are reliable producers of absolutely wonderful fruit. Have fun
with yours!

Cheers,
Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA


"John Smith" wrote in message
om...
I planted a bare root asian pear without much pruning (removed 2 lower
branches out of a total 5) back in March. It didn't grow very well as
I don't see much side branches coming out but the leaves are big and
healthy.
3 weeks ago it starts flowering (for the 2nd time, 1st was in April) and
now I see 4 pieces of small fruits. What should I do about them? Shall I
remove them to prevent them from drawing too much nutritions or let them
fruit and taste my luck?

Yes, they need another Asian for pollination--some are better than
others--but a Bartlett will also work. I think that one of the
nurseries--possibly Miller's--has one where they've grafted several
varieties on one trunk. Those trees are sometimes just a mess, but perhaps
in this case they are not. At any rate, the Asians are smallish trees, so
it's worthwhile finding a spot for more!

Cheers,
Sue

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"Dwayne" wrote in message
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I planted one next to a regular pear. It bloomed, the other died and was
replaced. However, the Asian pear that bloomed didn't produce any fruit.
I
was told they needed to cross-pollinate with another pear, but had hoped I
could accidentally get some anyway, but no luck. Maybe next year. Dwayne