The Warren Pear
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:35 am
I thought I would share a piece of information with everyone that I'm fairly excited about: the Warren pear.
According to Johnson's Nursery, the Warren is rated for zones 5-9 which, I believe, covers most of the folks that post regularly here. The Warren has a few attributes that seem, on paper, to make it a fairly attractive option:
1. Some believe it to the best tasting of all the pears.
2. It has never been known to be affected by fire blight.
3. It's self fertile.
4. It is reputedly a "good keeper."
Here is an excellent article from the LA Times.
The Warren is carried by Johnson's Nursery which is ranked in the top five online nurseries. Johnson's Nursery is where I bought the one planted in our forest garden. Compared to every other pear tree we planted last winter, its growth was spectacular which is consistent with the performance of the Warren planted in my neighbor's forest garden.
I bought several more this year and planted the last one just today.
According to Johnson's Nursery, the Warren is rated for zones 5-9 which, I believe, covers most of the folks that post regularly here. The Warren has a few attributes that seem, on paper, to make it a fairly attractive option:
1. Some believe it to the best tasting of all the pears.
2. It has never been known to be affected by fire blight.
3. It's self fertile.
4. It is reputedly a "good keeper."
Here is an excellent article from the LA Times.
The Warren is carried by Johnson's Nursery which is ranked in the top five online nurseries. Johnson's Nursery is where I bought the one planted in our forest garden. Compared to every other pear tree we planted last winter, its growth was spectacular which is consistent with the performance of the Warren planted in my neighbor's forest garden.
I bought several more this year and planted the last one just today.