Pear Blossom Special

Look a-yonder comin'

Comin' down that railroad track

Hey, look a-yonder comin'

Comin' down that railroad track

It's the Pear Blossom Special

Bringin' my baby back

Well, it's official, our fruit trees are in bloom. The Apricot blooms finished up earlier this week, so we'll see whether any of those will produce. We aren't expecting much this year from the apricot tree, since it's only been planted one year.

This week, we have:

Cherry Blossoms: These are the most spectacular, they grow in tight clusters along the branches. In the picture below you can see our neighbor's mature pie cherry behind our younger sweet cherry. They should happily pollinate each other, though they are at least partly self-fertile.

Pear Blossoms: These were about to pop when I went to work this morning. So they should be fully open by the time I get home. Both trees blossomed this year, which is an improvement over previous years when only our Jung Hardy Wisconsin blossomed. Pears require a pollinator, so we haven't gotten much fruit in the past. This year, we will hopefully get a nice crop. These trees are pretty well established now, since we planted them first thing when we moved into our house 5 summers ago. The picture at the top is a close-up of one of the Jung Hardy blossom clusters. These pears flower on terminal buds or fruiting spurs, so you can see the blossom clusters standing off the main branches a bit.

We also have a plum tree that is in bloom. Only a handful of blossoms on that tree this year. It is self-fertile, so we'll have to wait and see whether it bears anything.

On that note, I will leave you with a gratuitous Daffodil picture: