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  • September 2010 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Eastern growers can produce pears profitably

    Secret is to use renewal pruning methods similar to apples.

    When planted in the tall spindle system, high density in itself reduced tree size, and the quince rootstock at right kept trees quite small. The market for pears in the eastern United States is good, and Terence Robinson, Cornell University’s leader in the design and management of fruit orchards, thinks eastern growers should more aggressively go for a bigger chunk of it. While growers protest that pear production is fraught with many problems, Robinson led members of the International Fruit Tree Association up and down the alleys of pear orchards at the New York State Agricultural ­Experiment Station to show […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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