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Post by Sandbur on Apr 6, 2022 16:13:27 GMT -6
I have two of these from St Lawrence Nurseries. I ignored them for years and finally put a weed barrier around them. They started to grow.
Has anyone seen fruit from them? Are they a good wildlife tree?
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Post by smsmith on Apr 6, 2022 17:31:10 GMT -6
I have two of these from St Lawrence Nurseries. I ignored them for years and finally put a weed barrier around them. They started to grow. Has anyone seen fruit from them? Are they a good wildlife tree? Ussurian pear? |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 7, 2022 5:25:45 GMT -6
I have two of these from St Lawrence Nurseries. I ignored them for years and finally put a weed barrier around them. They started to grow. Has anyone seen fruit from them? Are they a good wildlife tree? Ussurian pear? I think they are the same and read the description. Maybe I should top work them in a year or two. They are in a location where I would prefer to not pick fruit in the fall. Edge of a sanctuary. |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 7, 2022 6:01:11 GMT -6
I think they are the same and read the description. Maybe I should top work them in a year or two. They are in a location where I would prefer to not pick fruit in the fall. Edge of a sanctuary. Ussurian is the hardiest pear rootstock. It is generally used for Euro/Ussurian crosses like Ure, Early Golden, Golden Spice and the Russian pears that are now becoming available in the US (e.g. Larinskaya, Krazulya, etc.). I'm using Ussurian for all pear varieties I graft now. There are some compatibility issues as well possible pear decline when grafting straight Euro varieties to ussurian, but I'm rolling the dice in exchange for the hardiness. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 9, 2022 4:22:04 GMT -6
I think they are the same and read the description. Maybe I should top work them in a year or two. They are in a location where I would prefer to not pick fruit in the fall. Edge of a sanctuary. Ussurian is the hardiest pear rootstock. It is generally used for Euro/Ussurian crosses like Ure, Early Golden, Golden Spice and the Russian pears that are now becoming available in the US (e.g. Larinskaya, Krazulya, etc.). I'm using Ussurian for all pear varieties I graft now. There are some compatibility issues as well possible pear decline when grafting straight Euro varieties to ussurian, but I'm rolling the dice in exchange for the hardiness.   If I were in Alberta, these might be good choices. The hardiness zones are different than in the USA. Stu, do you have any of these varieties? |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 9, 2022 6:23:56 GMT -6
Ussurian is the hardiest pear rootstock. It is generally used for Euro/Ussurian crosses like Ure, Early Golden, Golden Spice and the Russian pears that are now becoming available in the US (e.g. Larinskaya, Krazulya, etc.). I'm using Ussurian for all pear varieties I graft now. There are some compatibility issues as well possible pear decline when grafting straight Euro varieties to ussurian, but I'm rolling the dice in exchange for the hardiness. If I were in Alberta, these might be good choices. The hardiness zones are different than in the USA. Stu, do you have any of these varieties? I had Krasnobokaya but the first winter the graft got zapped. It was that year we hit -38. If it was a few years older it may have survived. It also wasn't grafted to ussurian rootstock, so that may have made a difference as well. I did get a stick of Larinskaya from a guy in NY state this spring. |
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