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westcapemay

How do I harvest pears?

westcapemay
14 years ago

I have a 50 year old pear tree in my rear yard. Every year 4-5 bushels of pears are produced by this tree. The pears are hard. The pears are larger than a fist. The pears start to drop around mid September.

Sometimes but not often a branch may break.

Not knowing how to harvest these pears, I have tilled the entire fruit production into my vegetable garden. What a waste!

What should I do to harvest these pears for consumption. Should I prune the tree? Reduce the amount of fruit? When is the best time to harvest? Should I spray with something during the growing season.

I don't even know what kind of pear it is. I did start a new tree from seed. Its about 4 years old now.

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