For my Fall treehugger post, let's revisit my pear tree to see how it is finishing the best pear season in memory. You will recall the crop photo here. The tree yielded at least two dozen pears this year net of what the squirrels got to before me. And after a couple of days of ripening in a brown paper bag, they were delicious. Oddly enough the pear leaves have held on longer than a lot of other species this year and turned a lovely yellow. For the Fall post, we usually enjoy our ginkos, Japanese maples and Chinese pistaches that are all over town, but the 2019 post goes to the pear.
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Mine, too!
Our sainted friend Georgina advised us to hit the tree trunk with a broom handle in February.
Worked for us!
Posted by: Peter Garrison | December 08, 2019 at 01:42 PM
My pear tree also went gangbusters this year. I made some mighty delicious pear pies and breads.
Posted by: HMB | December 09, 2019 at 12:19 PM
The City of Burlingame Tree Workers do a great job of maintaining full grown trees, as well as planting many trees too. I believe the City Arborist-Dick Holtz, has developed a "spot on" Tree Program..
Kudos Dick.
Posted by: [email protected] | December 09, 2019 at 04:21 PM