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| I know growing fruit from seed usually means some sort of hybrid, reverting, or variation in the plant. I didnt know that the difference would be this profound. |
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 12 at 10:13
| I forgot the other pic LOL. Here it is http://postimage.org/image/y54r1y353/ |
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| That's interesting- thanks for posting the pictures. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 12 at 11:11
| Juvenile leaves look different. As it grows out it will probably start to look more like a regular pear leaf. Thorns are also common on juvenile pears but are rare on mature pears or grafted trees. Scott |
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 12 at 13:24
| Wow, I should clarify a few things. Sorry for being so vague. THe first pic, if you havnt guessed, is a cultivated type, more specifically, "John". The second pic, is the seedling from a "Bosc" pear. IT is just over a year old. Scott - I was thinking that myself actually. There are no thorns at all on the seedling. I want to keep half of this, and graft on a more desireable/reliable variety as well. I couldnt find any likeness on any adult pear pictures I looked at, but I dont recall looking at younger plants. It is interesting either way. THanks! |
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| Additionally, 'John' is a hybrid, with P.ussuriensis as one parent, while Bosc is pure P.communis('course, we don't necessarily know the pollen parent of the Bosc seedling, do we?) I don't notice much, in the way of thorns, on seedling pears for the first 2-3 years, but after that - watch out! They're almost as bad as a honeylocust. |
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 12 at 16:25
| Lucky - Even the hybrid has the general "pear" type leaf as far as I can tell. And, Im somewhat sure, that the pear was ontario grown. I know bosc and barlett are decent pollinators for each other, so if I had to guess it may be barlett. Good to know about the thorns too. Ill have to keep an eye out! |
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