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Family Espalier Pear?
Hi All,
I've been looking for a while for a family pear tree grown in an espalier form. Does anyone know where I might be able to find such a thing? I would love to grow an espalier pear on my south facing fence, but I just don't have space for two - hence the family idea. There are no other pears near us, so I'd need to have more than 1 compatible type or a family tree. Any help appreciated, Matthew |
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Matthew Durkin wrote:
I've been looking for a while for a family pear tree grown in an espalier form. Matthew, I bought a family pear tree from Buckinghamn Nurseries about 3 years ago. They may do one that is suitable for making into an espalier - you'd have to ask. My family tree has 3 varieties, Beth, Concord and one other - the name of which escapes me. HTH, Sarah |
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Matthew Durkin wrote:
: Hi All, : I've been looking for a while for a family pear tree grown in an espalier : form. This would be complicated in all the ways I could envisage it being done - hence it will be expensive. I've done a "tiered" espalier apple. The lower 2 tiers are one variety, the second 2 tiers are a second variety and next year I can add a 3rd variety. This tree already 6 years old - yeah I know it doesn't add up but I had a few problems. The other method I could envisage is grafting each "arm" with a different variety. In a 3 tiered espalier that would be 6 grafts and over quite a number of years (3/4 as long as you were better at grafting than me :-). Other more complicated shaping and grafting would be possible but equally time consuming - hence expensive. : Does anyone know where I might be able to find such a thing? I would love to : grow an espalier pear on my south facing fence, but I just don't have space : for two - hence the family idea. There are no other pears near us, so I'd : need to have more than 1 compatible type or a family tree. : Any help appreciated, : Matthew |
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In message , Matthew Durkin
writes Hi All, I've been looking for a while for a family pear tree grown in an espalier form. It would be much cheaper to buy a small family pear tree and train it yourself. If there are other pear trees nearby you don't need a family tree just arrange swaps with your neighbours. Or borrow a branch from someone else's tree at work during the flowering season. I'd be inclined to go for Doyenne du Comice and graft a small amount of something else on to act as a pollinator. Make 3 half decent grafts and there is a good chance one of them will take. Does anyone know where I might be able to find such a thing? I would love to grow an espalier pear on my south facing fence, but I just don't have space for two - hence the family idea. There are no other pears near us, so I'd need to have more than 1 compatible type or a family tree. Deacons Nursery, Isle of Wight definitely do family trees. I don't know if they offer any pretrained to espalier. Regards, -- Martin Brown |
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