My first ever pear

When the blossom came out on the pear tree it was very cold and there were no bees about - so I set to with a paintbrush and went over all the flowers with it to try and move the pollen about a bit - and look, a pear - well there are two actually - not a great success - but at least it's better than none.

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Comment by Mark Willis on May 20, 2012 at 14:40: You have to start somewhere... Next year you will have more.

Comment by elaine rickett on May 20, 2012 at 15:18: I have had the pear tree for several years now Mark it was a dual variety - one half died and left me with one variety - this is the first after all those years - hope I can hang on to it till it matures. May be you're right and this will be the start of something big.

Comment by Debbie on May 20, 2012 at 19:51: Hope you feel rightfully proud of your efforts.

Comment by elaine rickett on May 20, 2012 at 20:07: Well as Mark says - it's a start - one day it may be laden with juicieness.

Comment by Colin Robinson on May 20, 2012 at 22:39: Just pray you don't get any strong winds. I got a fantastic flush of pear fruitlets last year and then gale force winds blasted most of them off. I ended up with about half a dozen full-size fruit :(

I got my tree, Conference, from Homebase four years ago and it's about 10 feet tall now but I'm trying to train it as a minarette so it doesn't take up too much space.

Comment by elaine rickett on May 21, 2012 at 8:19: Perhaps I ought to secure them with string just to make sure they stay put.

Comment by Catherine on May 21, 2012 at 18:34: Congrats on your first pear, Elaine. :)

Comment by elaine rickett on May 21, 2012 at 21:38: I don't have much luck with pear trees - the first one I had died after my sheep stripped the bark off it when they forced their way into my small orchard area.

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