After a few more stragglers arrived, the upper level of the orchard is planted. As the holes had been pre-dug last summer, this was a lot easier work than the first row. Also, because of the limited space, the trees in each grouping are planted about one foot apart instead of the two foot spacing for the bottom row trees.
The new trees were cut back and had their trunks whitewashed. The older trees got a re-coat of whitewash as well but did not need trimming due to the pruning during the growing season.
Three of the four low chill pears decided to be evergreens. They were the only ones from last year that needed some trimming as they seemed to have a growth spurt a lot later than the other trees. The fourth pear in the group dropped its leaves but had new ones emerging so it had no dormant period.
