What variety of pears to plant

[Born to HUNT]

I wanted ask yall what varieties of pear trees would be best too plant. Is keifer a good choice and are there any others yall would recommend.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Keiffer is a very good choice. Theres not really a best answer, theres alot of pear varieties out there and it all depends on how much space you have and what your goal is. If you just want some pears to hunt over then Kieffer is probably your best bet along with some of these other late bearers that specialty nurseries have been coming out with. However Im not going to recommend that anyone plant trees just to shoot deer over, I will instead recommend to plant varieties with different drop times in order to provide deer and other wildlife with a longer term food source. I personally have Moonglow, Ayers(Sugar), Bartlett, and Kieffer. Whcih should provide pears from August to November. Pears are much easier to grow than apples so I definitely recommend them.

 

[richmanbarbeque]

I agree with steven, I am getting away from planting apples and planting more pears. I have been planting more crab apples though.

 

[ShaneHallum]

Moonglow is my fav. pear.

Bartlett and Aristocrat are nice too

 

[Football Hunter]

I agree apples seem to be a pain

 

[bowriter]

In some areas, I'm not sure deer even eat pears. What is your gold with the pear trees?