[Foxy]

Hoping to get some pear trees not sure what type and do they self polinate? thanks!

[jimroden]

Hoping to get some pear trees not sure what type and do they self polinate? thanks!

The best pear to get is pear de commice. They are great realy nice taisting. They do self self polinate. A very good tip is to keep the tree low dont let them grow more that 6ft i have been spending a lot of time with a chap who has an exellent aray of fruit trees and he keeps them very low again 6ft the taist is so different to trees that are high i know this because my neighbour at the allotment lets his grow realy realy high and they taist no were near as nice as terry's

[Foxy]

Hoping to get some pear trees not sure what type and do they self polinate? thanks!

The best pear to get is pear de commice. They are great realy nice taisting. They do self self polinate. A very good tip is to keep the tree low dont let them grow more that 6ft i have been spending a lot of time with a chap who has an exellent aray of fruit trees and he keeps them very low again 6ft the taist is so different to trees that are high i know this because my neighbour at the allotment lets his grow realy realy high and they taist no were near as nice as terry's

Thanks so much JR I adore sweet juicy pears so pear de commice is the one!

[richyrich7]

Muntjac recommends FONDANTE d'AUTOMNE if you can get it !!
see this thread here.

[jimroden]

Hoping to get some pear trees not sure what type and do they self polinate? thanks!

The best pear to get is pear de commice. They are great realy nice taisting. They do self self polinate. A very good tip is to keep the tree low dont let them grow more that 6ft i have been spending a lot of time with a chap who has an exellent aray of fruit trees and he keeps them very low again 6ft the taist is so different to trees that are high i know this because my neighbour at the allotment lets his grow realy realy high and they taist no were near as nice as terry's

Thanks so much JR I adore sweet juicy pears so pear de commice is the one!

I like a good pear as well  :shock:  :shock:  

[gobs]

To best of my knowledge self-pollinating pears are quite rare, but in an allotment setting you should not have a problem, or anywhere else where there are pear trees grown in the vicinity.

Enormous choice for varieties, try to taste before you buy if you can and take advice from a specialised fruit nursery as it is a long term investment and people's tastes are different.

Also - not the case with your location -, but a lot of folks are limited for choice to those that will grow on more northerly conditions.

[iwantanallotment]

I know this is going to sound really, really silly........but can anyone please clear up this mystery once and for all?
Can an apple tree turn into a pear tree?  :oops:
About 16 years ago I planted an apple pip from a Cox's Pippin, just in a pot with garden soil. Just to "see" if anything happened.
I don't remember ever planting a pear.
Anyway, the pip sprouted, and now it's a full-size, strong tree. All these years I've waited for my first apple, but when it finally fruited (in massive abundance, 2 years ago) the fruits were pears  :shock:
It fruited again last year - not so heavily, but again pears. Lovely ones, but should be apples.
Been scratching my head over this for 2 years - can anyone please say once and for all, can this happen or did I plant a pear pip sometime & just forget? (and if so, where's my Pippin? )
Thanks  :oops:

[gobs]

Well, this sounds quite unlikely, but we all know, that apples or pears from seed are usually nothing like mum, that would follow from the cross-pollination of different varieties.

Now, I once read somewhere that pears and apples can cross-pollinate, flowering at the same time. If that's true, than it's perfectly possible.

[Foxy]

I know this is going to sound really, really silly........but can anyone please clear up this mystery once and for all?
Can an apple tree turn into a pear tree?  :oops:
About 16 years ago I planted an apple pip from a Cox's Pippin, just in a pot with garden soil. Just to "see" if anything happened.
I don't remember ever planting a pear.
Anyway, the pip sprouted, and now it's a full-size, strong tree. All these years I've waited for my first apple, but when it finally fruited (in massive abundance, 2 years ago) the fruits were pears  :shock:
It fruited again last year - not so heavily, but again pears. Lovely ones, but should be apples.
Been scratching my head over this for 2 years - can anyone please say once and for all, can this happen or did I plant a pear pip sometime & just forget? (and if so, where's my Pippin? )
Thanks  :oops:

Are you sure someone wasn't being naughty and doing a "switch" while you weren't looking??

[iwantanallotment]

I don't know, Foxy    There was someone hovering about at the time who adores pears....
Oh well, I'm going to stick with Gobs' theory that it is possible and that my plans weren't sabotaged & I'm not going mad