Three-year-old Bartlett trees after pruning. The trees are filled with one- and two-year-old fruiting wood and some spurs. Summer pruning, Ethrel (ethephon) sprays, regulated deficit irrigation, and delayed heading of the leaders have created fruiting woo In Australia, 85 percent of the pears are grown in the Goulburn Valley irrigation area, 100 miles north of Melbourne in the state of Victoria. Bartlett pears have been grown in the valley for more than 120 years, and the average Bartlett tree is more than 60 years old. In the past, three local canneries used to process about 100,000 metric tons of Bartlett […]