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Thu, Jan 1, 15 at 22:22
| Hello everyone, I was in the grocery store recently and they had very large seckel pears. I was wondering if the size was a condition of thinning, rootstocks, fertilizer, or a new sport. Anyone have any knowledge about these larger seckel, or have seen them as well? Matthew |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 2, 15 at 6:01
| The larger pears are from the west coast and I assume the size is largely about thinning because I get much larger Seckels from my NY orchard than are available from commercial growers in my area. The commercial growers I know of here don't bother thinning them because they can't do it chemically and the reward wouldn't match the investment. Home growers function under a different math. |
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| I always thought Seckels were supposed to be small "dessert"-sized pears, but scions I bought from Nick Botner produce an Bartlett-sized fruit with a reddish blush. Not sure what it is, but I'd like to have a "for sure" Seckel on my tree. Seckels sold at the grocery here are small. |
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| My Seckels are also very large but look exactly like the ones seen in the local supermarkets. Also taste the same. Very good pear. |
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- Posted by BackYardGardener26 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 2, 15 at 13:16
| My seckel tree produces small pears around the size you would typically see in a grocery store. They do tend to be more golden in color with only a small red blush, and if I leave them on the tree to ripen they turn completely golden. The pears are unbelievably sweet and delicious, but don’t store long, but it think that’s because I pick them fully ripe or close to it. When I thin out the pears, I leave two on each grouping in most cases, and it leaves me with a good crop. I have a feeling if I thinned out more it would just leave me with less pears that were only slightly larger. The seckels I seen in the store the other day were Bartlett sized like the ones marknmt described, but I just don’t think I could get my pears that big. Matthew |
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| I bought some very large Seckel pears at my local Giant supermarket (Arlington, VA) last week. They were much larger than I'm used to seeing on a tree my mother used to have and at farmers markets, etc. They aren't quite Bartlett size, but definitely much bigger than I would expect based on experience. They were very good and I'll be buying more if I see them. I'm also planting a Seckel this spring, but I'd be stunned if they get anywhere close to that size. |
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