[NAFEX] Tasty New Pear

Lon J. Rombough lonrom at hevanet.com
Thu Sep 26 12:19:51 EDT 2002


How soon before frost does Bartlett ripen in your area?  If frost doesn't
occur for at least 2 weeks after Bartlett, you have a chance, according to
the article.


From: Charles Paradise <machelp at attglobal.net>
Reply-To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:47:58 -0500
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tasty New Pear (fwd)


Can someone calculate out the chance that this variety would mature in the
north in zone 5?
Charles Paradise
Massachusetts/zone 5

Thomas Olenio wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:02:51 -0400
> From: ARS News Service <NewsService at ars.usda.gov>
> To: ARS News subscriber <tolenio at sentex.net>
> Subject: Tasty New Pear
>
> STORY LEAD:
> Agency Debuts Feisty New Pear
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> ARS News Service
> Agricultural Research Service, USDA
> Rosalie Marion Bliss, (301) 504-4318, rbliss at ars.usda.gov
> September 26, 2002
> ___________________________________________
>
> A distinct blend of sugars, acids and other flavor compounds give a rich,
aromatic taste to a new pear variety released by the Agricultural Research
Service.
>
> The new yellow and light-golden pear, named "Blake's Pride," was developed by
horticulturist Richard Bell with the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station
in Kearneysville, W.Va.
>
> The beauty of this pear isn't just skin deep. The fruit is endowed not only
with excellent eating quality, but also with resistance to fire blight, a
devastating pear disease. Caused by a bacterium native to North America,
fire blight greatly limits pear production in the eastern and midwestern
United States.
>
> According to Bell, the U.S. pear industry relies heavily on just four major
pear varieties, leaving much room, and demand, for new and improved
alternatives. "Blake's Pride" now provides commercial pear growers and
homeowners a new selection of disease-resistant pear.
>
> Budwood of "Blake's Pride" is available free to nurseries on request by
contacting Dr. Bell through the lab's web site at:
> http://afrsweb.usda.gov/DBell.htm
>
> Since the variety has been certified as virus-free, Bell expects a growing
demand from orchardists and homeowners beginning next year.
>
> Pears mature and are harvested from early August through early October, with
varieties farther south ripening earliest. "Blake's Pride" ripens 10 to 14
days after the widely grown "Bartlett" variety. California, Oregon and
Washington state together produce most of the pears harvested in the United
States.
>
> The new variety is the second fire-blight-resistant pear developed by Bell,
who is now planning additional new releases in the near future. ARS is the
chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> * This is one of the news reports that ARS Information distributes to
subscribers on weekdays.
> * Start, stop or change an e-mail subscription at
www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/subscribe.htm
> * The latest news is always at www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/thelatest.htm
> * NewsService at ars.usda.gov | www.ars.usda.gov/is
> * Phone (301) 504-1638 | fax (301) 504-1648
>
> _______________________________________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> Most questions can be answered here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> File attachments are accepted by this list; please do not send binary files,
plain text ONLY!
> Message archives are here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex
> To view your user options go to:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex/XXXX@XXXX (where XXXX at XXXX is
> YOUR email address)
> NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/

_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Most questions can be answered here:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
File attachments are accepted by this list; please do not send binary files,
plain text ONLY!
Message archives are here:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex
To view your user options go to:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/nafex/XXXX@XXXX (where XXXX at XXXX is
YOUR email address)
NAFEX web site:   http://www.nafex.org/



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20020926/c7d79756/attachment.html 


More information about the nafex mailing list