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Orcas pear tree - $240 (Renton)
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1 inch caliper trunk or larger:
50 inches 10 gal $240 (pruned back from 5ft) 1.25 inch caliper
62 inches ft 15 gal $280 (pruned back from 6ft) 1.5 caliper
‘Orcas’ – seedling discovered by Joe Long, a farmer on Orcas Island, WA and sent to the Mount Vernon station in 1972 for testing. The trees are resistant to pear scab and productive, fruit is large and uniform size, good for canning or drying as well as fresh eating. Introduced in 1986.
like most European pears it does need a pollinator can be another European or Japanese/Asian pear. it is not self fertile.
fruits are large size excellent flavor.
tree is disease resistance
hardy to zone 7
We use only organic potting soil and organic fruit fertilizer for all our trees. No chemical no pesticides.