Wild fruit identification?

[Goldentriangle]

Found these guys growing directly next to the driveway that takes you into my family farm. I know that it is nearly impossible to identify any random crab apple but I am wondering if these are possibly some type of wild pear. The leaves loom mor like my pear trees than any of my apples. I have included pics of the fruit, leaves, and bark.
I'm pretty sure this is the first year for it to set fruit. I have never noticed this and it is right where I get out of my truck to unlock the gate. I have no idea on the drop time yet but I will be paying close attention to it through fall. Let me know what yall' think.
Thanks
Scott

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[weekender21]

Pear. They look a lot like the small wild deer pear available from Nativ nurseries.

 

[Goldentriangle]

Thanks weekender, that is what I was hoping to hear. I was actually considering buying some of those seedlings from Nativ too plant soon. Do you have any experience with the wild deer pear? I just curious if they get much use from the deer.
I will have to keep an eye on these and find out when they begin to drop. If I like what I see, I will collect a bunch of seeds to start in the RM18s early spring. I will be beginning a persimmon project so maybe I will mix in some wild pears if the deer use them.
Thanks
Scott

 

[weekender21]

I planted 10 or more wild deer pear from Nativ Nurseries last October. A few of them were sticking out of 5’ tubes on May 1st. They grow rapidly but that’s all I know at this point.

I have at least one pear on my place. The fruit are small but the deer camp out underneath it. I think they like it because it’s just something different. It’s growing along a creek loaded with apple trees.


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[Goldentriangle]

This one must handle disease well, leaves and tree are the cleanest I've ever seen on a fruit tree. Hopefully my deer will eat them.
Scott


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[Jack Terpack]

A lot of the locals have Keiffer Pears in their yards. The wildlife carry some of the seeds out into pastures and those seedlings grow to have pears similar to what you show. Everyone around here calls them Sand Pears. And the deer and hogs love them.