Pear Trees
Pears are the fruit of the refined. Pears take patience and trust to grow and usually take a couple years longer than apple to fruit. Pears need heat. There are softer than apples and require a warmer climate to ripen and soften. However, with modern innovations and heirloom practices, pears can now be grown down to Zone 3. These breakthroughs give pears as much flexibility as apples and are just as delicious.
- Trees must be planted in well drained soil
- 6 hours of sunlight Full sun preferred
- Stake all trees for the first 2 years. Dwarfs must have permanent stakes
- Tree guards should be used
- Plant at least 2 Different apples trees for Cross Pollination
- Plant disease resistant trees for less maintenance
We categorize our apple trees into four sizes: Maiden, Field Ready, Hand Select, and (3 or 5) Gallon Container depending on the size of the tree. Maiden trees are usually 2 years old and are branchless. These are also called whips and will bear in 2-3 years. A Field Ready tree is 2-3 years old and might have some lateral branching, be thicker above the graft, and will bear in 1-2 years. The Hand Select trees are only about 20% of trees we have and are 3 year old trees, 6-9' tall and can be heavily branched. You can expect fruiting on a Hand Select tree in about a year.
Kieffer Pear Trees
Original price
$35.00
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Original price
$249.00
Original price
$35.00
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$249.00
$35.00
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$249.00
Current price
$35.00
Said to have been discovered in the late 18th century in Philadelphia on a fruit farm owned by Peter Kieffer but now is planted widely across the e...
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Original price
$35.00
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Original price
$249.00
Original price
$35.00
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$249.00
$35.00
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$249.00
Current price
$35.00