Anyone growing Chore Pears

[Pixar]

Just got some Chore Pears so I decided to extract the seeds and plant them
Chore Pears are from China ( i think )

 

[Ininaatigoons]

What do they say... Try everything once! With a big fruit you'll want a big tree and then only 1-3 fruit. I'm no expert on fruit or bonsai, but usually it takes fruit 5-7 years to produce and usually need a pollinator. Good luck in your journey.

 

[Pixar]

Glad I’ve got about 20 seeds planted . Hope at least 1 will germinate

 

[rockm]

What are chore pears?

 

[Ininaatigoons]

Do you have any pictures of a fruit or tree?

 

[Pixar]

I'll try and find some pictures . Just found the fruit in the local supermarket ( really nice fruit taste like a Nashi Pear )

 

[Pixar]

here's some pictures of the fruit

 

[Pixar]

 

[rockm]

Never heard Asian Pears called that before. They go by a few names, but they're all Pyrus pyrifolia. Sand pear, etc.

 

[Pixar]

Maybe the Chinese Supermarket give them a name (for NZ translation )

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

From seed, you will have some variation in fruit quality, might end up with dry mealy or gritty texture fruit. Usually first flowering from seed is at least 5 years and can take as much as 15 or more years depending on how optimal growth is. Fruit trees from seed are a labor of love. Apples are notoriously slow for time to first bloom, 20 years being common in northern climates. This is the reason fruit breeding is a generational project.

Plums, cherries and peaches do bloom more quickly from seed than apples, but 5 to 10 years to first bloom is typical.

In pots, or with the pruning typically used for bonsai training, first blooming may take years longer than ideal conditions of ground growing.

 

[Mapleminx]

You just made me realize I haven’t seen a Nashi pear in the supermarket for YEARS!

 

[Pixar]

I can send you some NashI pear seeds

 

[Pixar]

Chore pears are imported into New Zealand from China . Shipping time I am guessing would be six week (slow ship from China ) If I extracted the seed immediately is that enough time for stratification etc….

 

[Ininaatigoons]

To make things more complicated... Some fruit don't need stratification! I would just plant them straight away. See if they sprout within a few weeks. If they don't then throw them in the refrigerator for 3 months.

 

[Pixar]

Some fruit don't need stratification! I would just plant them straight away. See if they sprout within a few weeks. If they don't then throw them in the refrigerator for 3 months.

Yes , that's exactly what happened and I've planted some in seed raising mixture and some have gone straight into the fridge