Historic Hood River
Lots of Pears
10-19-2016
Notes
This pear tree obviously needs some help holding up the season’s bounty. Can someone who knows pears fill us in on why we don’t see this anymore?
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Charlott
It is apparent that first off these trees have not been pruned. I would think that would contribute to the reason for propping, if that is what you are referring to. Pruning would have relieved a lot of weight off them. Doesn’t appear to be an overly heavy crop of Bosc pears. Over the years with modern technology the trees are not as big.
I have seen people still propping when their crop is heavy….
Jeffrey Bryant
We used to use props, but mostly we tied the trees. Twine was run between branches to support the load. After harvest we didn’t need to gather the props.