Orchardist Gorham Blaine developed his steep V system for pears. Pear grower Gorham Blaine has developed his own techniques for stimulating early production at his Dog River Ranch at Odell, Oregon. With Bartlett, Bosc, and Comice, he plants the trees seven feet apart, and selects two shoots to train as leaders, using crossed bamboo poles and a three-wire trellis. The two leaders form a steep V system in the row, which will ultimately become a fruiting wall. The trees are on Old Home x Farmingdale 87 and OHxF.97 rootstocks. The d’Anjou trees are spaced nine feet apart because of their […]