Pear tree 6yr old never flowered (forum)

Jaime2 starts with ...
Hi I have a pear tree that grew straight out of the compost, so from seed and it's at least 5/6 years old. A beautiful specimen, never had any issues with it but its never flowered.. I have never pruned it and Its the only one I have.
Any advice would be most appreciated otherwise it's probably going to be dug up.
I'm in Perth.
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Time: 15th March 2016 11:19pm

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Julie says...
If it is a seedling from a grafted tree it may never flower. Seedlings are always unpredictable.

Then again, they are very slow to flower and fruit - you might have to wait another couple of years. Even then, you don't know what you might get - an inferior type or something really good!

Time: 16th March 2016 11:37am

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Markmelb says...
Jaime2 - cut your losses and grow an espalier pear like this - has taken 3 years and have 7 different pears - the photo shows Packham Triumph and Buerre
Bosc fruit that are huge and fruiting first time in 3rd Summer - and the main tree which is Buerre Bosc - had to bud graft Bergamot and Corella Feb 2015.
Corella didnt like the BB so did a bud graft onto Williams as Corella didnt like grafting to BB.

EDIT - The major thing to note is pears need a cross Pollinator so by itself it wont grow anything unless a nearby neighbour has one and you dont know :)
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Time: 16th March 2016 9:04pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
I would stick with it, it looks pretty healthy. Seedling flowering is a combination of age and size. I would keep up with the fertilizing to push the plant growth. It needs a bit more size to get to flowering stage.

Time: 16th March 2016 9:15pm

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Jaime says...
Thanks everyone for your advice.. I will stick with it for now and maybe wave an axe around it to threaten it into flowering soon!

Time: 21st March 2016 7:02pm

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