Pears, pears, pears

[babthrower]

Four years ago I planted a Bartlett and an Anjou about 30 feet apart in sunny, well drained spots. The Anjou blooms quite well, but no fruit because the Bartlett doesn't bloom much. We have lots of pollinating bees around, and our other trees bear prolifically. This year a planted a Flemish Beauty but it's very young, and though it produced a few blossoms, no fruit resulted on any of the trees.

[incitatus]

The important things to consider are twofold: Have you got a pollinator tree for them. Some apple and pear varieties are very picky about which others they will pollinate, so regardless of the bee population they still might not be getting through. Also, have the trees been properly dwarfed? The old saying "!You plant pears for heirs" has a lot of truth to it. Unless dwarfed some trees can take 15 years to fruit properly. Most modern trees are on dwarfing stock, which can sort this out, but proper fruiting may take a while.

[babthrower]

Thank you, Incitatus. Bartletts and Anjous are supposed to be cross-pollinators for eachother, and Flemish Beauty is a cross-pollinator for both. I frankly don't know about the dwarfing history, I didn't ask, as we have lots of room. I guess I'll just have to be patient.