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Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 22:46
| Anyone have or going to get a maxie pear? I have considered it but am concerned with the possibility of it being susceptible to fireblight. Love to hear other thoughts on the tree. |
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| Maxie, or Maxine? |
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- Posted by gator_rider2 z8 Ga. (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 10:34
| http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fruit/msg1018503825277.html Thats about all here. |
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- Posted by rehabbingisgreen (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 10:52
| Maxie Lucky. Thanks Gator, my biggest worry is fireblight with it. I read that it has a long bloom time so it might have issues with that. It only comes in dwarf and standard so I've sent a message asking about rootstock. |
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| I ended up getting a couple from Starks and must say they are super vigorous and have absolutely beautiful purple green colored foliage. They have an upright growing tendency so initial branch bending/raining is constant. I'm focusing on scaffolding and maybe I'll see some fruit in a couple years. As far as hybrids I also got some crisp and sweet from HFlds, also nice. more vigorous than the euros. |
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| Noogy, Remember to update us with the taste down the road. Tony |
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| I saw Stark's had a nice late season price on them, but I already have a lot of pears and haven't heard much about whether they are worth growing or not. |
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