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Organic pear (Pyrus pyriforia) fruits have remarkably increased in Korea since year 2000 due to increase consumer’s demand for the fruit, and the farmers are keep trying to change their cultivation system that is replaced from conventional farming to organic-base farming for the fruit. However, there is little information for the soil properties, tree nutrition, and tree growth at organic orchards in Korea. Therefore, this study was established to investigate for the chemical properties of soils and leaf and bud characteristics of a conventional and organic pear trees in experimental orchards for two years. Commercial (Sanwool, YoungHwa Co., Korea) compost was applied to the orchard soils with conventional farming systems for two years for pear trees (10 to 15 year old trees) in KyungSan, Korea. The compost application increased pH, organic matter content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and ,microbial biomass in the soil. The compost treatment also increased specific leaf weight and foliar P₂O₅ concentration as well as leaf and floral bud sizes.
