Did I buy 2 of the Same Trees?

[Nyboy]

I bought 2 pear trees, from big box store. They are both from the same grower one is labeled dwarf pear bartett the other dwarf pear ayers. I notice in small print under common names both say pyrus communis; are these the same trees just with different common names?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Pyrus communis is the name for the European pear. Bartlett and Ayers are variety names. They will pollinate each other. You did good.

 

[Nyboy]

Thanks

 

[vfem]

Awesome! Congrats!

I hope you have better luck then I did... both mine caught fire blight and I had to burn them last year.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i know my Bartlett at the other house ended up with fire blight a couple years ago. but i thought you could treat it with the Bonide fruit tree spray. i do know you need to clean and burn any debris from around the tree. am i wrong and it won't be saved by spraying?

i also have a Moonglow that i have yet to see any fireblight or other disease affect it, but it is not yet producing fruit. when i researched it said that variety is very resistant to this issue. the Ayers should be resistant to fire blight. i think Keifer is too.

 

[vfem]

Fire blight is incurable, and only manageable with tetracycline. I was very skeptic and I researched for a long time on ANYTHING I could do to save them organically, or at least save them. Turns out it was a wash and if I didn't get it under constant control it would spread, I'm not sure yet if it has or not at this point. It spread by pollinators blossom to blossom, so if you have a new tree that is yet to produce, that is probably why it is safe.

I found a lot more information then I meant to... like fire blight is rampant in the US. The Organic industry allows the used of tetracycline only until October 2014 on infected organic apples and pears. After that there is very little the industry can do. We can not export apples, pears or the trees to other countries due to this disease only in N. America. They've been trying to find another means to a cure for the last 12 years, only came up with 1 approved organic method, and it only treats and prevents, but doesn't cure. In studies it works LESS then 50% of the time. The current treatment option will be 'Blossom Protect'. The farmers reply to this new option is they'd rather go back to the antibiotic and get out of organic rather then take a 50/50 chance on losing their trees. By 2015 there will probably be a shortage of pears and apples (organic at least) in the super markets, I'm wagering we'll be paying $20 a lb for what is there!

Ok, sorry for going off on a side note with that!

 

[Nyboy]

Stark bro have on their website pears are one of the easy fruit trees, great for beginners. In my garden if it doesn't do well without sprays it goes.

 

[897tgigvib]

On a tag or marker,
usually the larger words to describe a tree, vegetable, or fruit is the variety name followed by the common name of the tree, vegetable, or fruit. They like to put the latin name often in smaller lettering.

Dolgo Crab Apple
Boston Bibb Lettuce
Brandywine Tomato
Blue Lake Bush Bean

The Latin name describes the Genus and the species

Phaseolus vulgarus

Phaseolus is the Genus, vulgarus is the species. The main common name, Bean, is usually more equivalent with the Genus than with the species

If it was to all be put together in proper sequence of general type to specific type, it'd go:

Bean, Phaseolus vulgarus, Bush, Blue Lake

But nobody likes to mix common and Latin names. I really don't know why. Convention I guess.