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question about pears (6a boston)

11 years ago

First is a little background. Years ago I had a co-worker who would give me these small pears from his fathers yard. Super juicy and very sweet but smaller then any pears I would buy in the store. I believe he has 2 trees and they are pretty old. I was wondering what kind of pears these are and is it possible to grow these from seed and would they produce the same quality pears?

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fruitnut Z7 4500ft SW TX
11 years ago
The seed grown tree won't produce the same fruit. But you could graft the original onto the seedling. Pears are easy to graft or bud.
rphcfb14
11 years ago
Among common pears, it looks like Bartlett. As for a small size, a lot of home growers do not thin for all kinds of reason. Without thinning, all pears will be small.

Among fruit trees, pears and apples are the easiest to graft. Lot of tutorial on youtube.
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