Our best pear tree broke today. It was carrying a bumper crop of fruit on one of its branches, and the branch broke. We had thinned the fruit, but probably not enough. I had also tried to prop the branch with piece of wood. It seemed like a solution, but I almost wonder if it didn't create a breaking point because the branch could no longer bend naturally.
In any case, it is very disappointing. The garden has not done especially well this summer, but the fruit trees were looking great. Now, we've probably lost a good portion of our pear crop. We picked up all the developing pears and put them in a box just to see if some of them will ripen anyway, but it seems doubtful. There were at least 60 pears.
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