What type of pear trees should I buy?

The Asian pear tree is one of the more interesting trees you can buy.

It grows in a wide variety of regions! You can grow it all the way up to Wisconsin and quite far down south.

This fruit is rarely able to be found in most grocery stores. Although, you can sometimes find it at Costco. The fruit is kind of a mix between an apple and pear. It is quite delicious.

If you've only ever grown up with Bartlett or more traditional pears, I highly recommend trying out an asian pear tree. Or at least finding asian pears nearby to purchase.

They are simply delicious.

If you are looking for a more traditional pear, try out the Bartlett Pear Tree. This tree is equally hardy and can crop 100s of pears year after year.

Similar to the asian pear, the pineapple pear is uncommon to find in grocery stores. You'd enjoy 100s of the sweet, rare pears year after year if you grew this pear tree.

It's an even hardier pear than the Asian and Bartlett Pear trees and can be grown down to growing zone 4.

The tree is fairly resistant to fire blight which is unusually for pear trees.

Finally, the Kieffer Pear is a great pear tree to consider as well. I would personally go with the Pineapple or Asian pear varieties. But, you can't go wrong with the Kieffer pear.

If you grow pear trees, you need to know about fire blight. Fire blight affects pear trees quite frequently. 

You can deal with it using some "Fertilome Fire Blight Spray". Simply spray it on the tree in the spring before it blooms. 

This will prevent most outbreaks of fire blight. If you happen to get fire blight after spraying your tree, just trim off the branch and clean your trimmers with some alcohol to avoid spreading the disease around your yard.

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