This young pear tree is looking for a home and a friend.
I bought it last week, intending to espalier it. A sign at the nursery said it was self-pollinating but when I got home and looked closely at the label on the plant itself, I learned that it needs a pollinator: Beurre Bosc or Nijisseiki. Its botanical name is Pyrus communis Sensation, also known as Red William.
Neither of the pollinators is growing close to my garden, so there is little hope of fruit unless Newlands’ bees are long distance travellers, so please let me know if you would like to have it in your garden. It is, of course, free to anyone who wants it.
Gillean.
0402 123 881
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