Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Potted Ping Guo Li Pear

Available only for pick-up at nursery.

History: Ping Guo Li (translated from Mandarin as 'apple pear') was developed by Jilin Sheng in China and likely named for its round, apple-like shape. While its exact age is unknown, this pear is considered to be an old variety.

Why We Grow It: This Asian pear is nothing but sweet and juicy melting goodness! Its flavour is quite sweet and is comparable to that of a European pear.  So far it has performed very well in our test orchard and displays good cold-hardiness.

 

        $80.00

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        Fruit Traits:

        Recommended Use: Fresh Eating

        Fruit Size: Medium to Large

        Storage:

        Harvest: October - Early

        Tree Traits:

        Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

        Soil Preferance: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions with well-drained soils, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring.

        Flowering Time: Early

        Pollination Requirements: Requires a pollinator of a different pear variety (European or Asian) that blooms around the same time

        Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

        General Growth Habit: Cold hardy and yields good crops. Resistant to scab and mildew. Very vigorous and precocious, bearing its first little crop within 3 years typically.

        Reminder: Potted plants are available for pick-up only!

        Potted plants are only available for pick-up at the nursery. They unfortunately cannot be shipped due to the size and weight of the pots.

        Most potted plants will fit into most vehicles. If you are ordering a 16gal potted plant, we would recommend bringing a larger vehicle (van, SUV, pickup truck) and having someone to help you unload it.

        You may want to lay down a tarp or other covering to keep dirt out of your car. If you are transporting the plants in the back of a pickup truck, we recommend laying them down and covering them with a tarp, bed cover, or other covering so they do not get windburn.

        Potted plants vary in size and age, but we typically pot berries and smaller seedlings in 1-3 gal pots and larger grafted trees in 5-16 gal pots.

        • 1g pots - 1-3ft tall
        • 2g or 3g pots - 1.5-3ft tall
        • 5g pots - 3-7ft tall
        • 8g pots - 4-7ft tall
        • 16g pots - 6-8ft tall

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