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Bartlett Pear tree

Owner: Anton

Location:  Cumming, GEORGIA, United States

Age:Planted in about 1980
Age of this tree:45 years
Soil:heavy red clay 
Climate at this location:hot, humid, buggy
Pruning:central leader
Tree form:Standard
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree does not grow well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:fireblight

Owner's comments

this tree bore exactly one crop before dying spectacularly of fireblight the following season. Don't try to grow 'Bartlett' in the Southeast. There are better pears that actually survive to produce in more than a single year.