Category: Trees

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

 Early August.  Earliest ripening pear we offer.  Bartlett-type fruit with slightly narrower neck and a pleasant orange-red blush on its cheek.  Fireblight resistant! 

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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All of our European pear varieties are said to be resistant to fireblight, though in Spring 2012 it plagued nearly all of our pears, even the supposedly resistant ones. Our Asian pears actually had less fireblight than the European ones. Pears are one of the easiest tree fruits to grow under organic conditions. Many insect pests which affect apples cannot propagate themselves in the very dense pear fruitlets—their larvae are actually crushed as the pear grows. Thus you may end up with some feeding scars and grit cells but have a perfectly fine fruit otherwise.  They do well in clay soils and can usually take wet soils better than apples or stonefruits.  Pears can take a little while to get established and get growing, and also are later in bearing their first fruit (4-6 yrs) than other fruit trees. All pears grafted on semi-dwarf Old Home x Farmingdale 333 rootstock, which can be maintained at 14’ tall. Space pears 14-16’ apart. gallon pot* $16 +tax

Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Full Size on Seedling Root Stock, space 15′-20′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Late September.  Many nurseries claim that ‘Seckel’ pear is very fireblight resistant; however we lost ours and two other friends in southern IN lost theirs to the 2012 fireblight epidemic.  One of these friends has a ‘Honeysweet’ pear right next to the spot where the ‘Seckel’ was and it went through that blight year just fine.  With that real-world experience, we are now offering ‘Honeysweet’ in place of ‘Seckel’.  It’s fruit is very similar to ‘Seckel’ with buttery-smooth, chewy flesh, tender skin and a lightly spicy, cinnamon flavor; but it is a little larger in size.  Supposedly self-fertile, though it will bear more with a second variety.

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator *Triploid variety will not pollinate others*

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Late September.  Large golden-yellow fruit with slight russeting and sometimes an orange/red blush.  Incredibly juicy, very course-textured flesh which is where its nickname “sand pear” comes from.  For fresh eating, some folks adore them and others turn up their nose at the gritty flesh.  They have a deep flavor with a hint of astringency which I find refreshing in a world of very mild, sweet pears.  Exceptionally good as dried pears and make good preserves.  Probably the best thing about them is their long-known trait of being able to thrive in almost any conditions–they are pretty much immune to insect and disease troubles.  Some nurseries claim that Keiffer is self-fertile but we have not been able to substantiate that.

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Mid October.  Also known as ’Olympic’, this is the huge, russeted, olive-green skinned, softball-sized pear one finds in natural food stores and international grocery stores.  Very crispy and juicy, and long storing for a pear.  Requires a long season to ripen—fine in our area, but no guarantees for further north.  Slightly more insect and disease resistant than ’Shinseiki’.

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Full Size on Seedling Root Stock, space 15′-20′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.

 -Full Sun–  Semi-Dwarf on OHXF 333, space 12′-16′ apart, needs pollinator

Gallon* pots $24, 2-gallon* pots $36, 4-gallon* pots $48

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Availability of plants varies from day to day.  We rarely carry every size/price option listed at any one time.  Please call before you come to check availability.