Nashi as Bonsai??

[dansai]

I have 2 very large Nashi's on my property currently in flower. They have suckers that are thick as the trunks and only produce small fruits that drop early. Never seen a full size fruit on them.

Unfortunately the stumps are far too wide with too many suckers so not worth digging, but there is plenty of opportunity for air layers.

Has anyone trained a nashi as bonsai? Is it worth it? I don't expect the leaves will reduce much, but one of them leafs out while flowering while the other one doesn't. Thought the one that didn't could be worth it for the floral display.

[dansai]

Anyone

[dansai]

Had a look at these trees today. The main trunk is long dead and it's only suckers that have survived. May explain the lack of fruit.

[Damian Bee]

So..... ...are you going to give one a shot?
I have seen them done before on a site that was called wafu.com.jp or something like but I don't think it exists as the same site anymore.
The one example I have seen recently is in the book Classic Bonsai of Japan, color plate 62. It may depend on the variety but it's worth a crack

[treeman]

I have 2 very large Nashi's on my property currently in flower. They have suckers that are thick as the trunks and only produce small fruits that drop early. Never seen a full size fruit on them.

Unfortunately the stumps are far too wide with too many suckers so not worth digging, but there is plenty of opportunity for air layers.

Has anyone trained a nashi as bonsai? Is it worth it? I don't expect the leaves will reduce much, but one of them leafs out while flowering while the other one doesn't. Thought the one that didn't could be worth it for the floral display.

I WISH we had the small friut varieties they have in Japan. Unfortunately all the ones here are the eating kind with huge fruit. They (the small ones) make stunning bonsai but the fruit the food varietis is way too big. The the branches are also very course. I think it may be difficult to use them.
Recently I found ''Korean'' pear which has small leaves and flowers abundently and ramify very well. I have propagated a few. They are like small manchurian pears... Autumn colour is excellent too. Should be good but the friut are very small and dry up on the tree.
Snow pear also has potential I think.