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  • From: "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@lmco.com>
  • To: "'nafex@yahoogroups.com'" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: RE: [nafex] Re: Asian Pears
  • Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:03:10 -0400

Chris M

Thanks for all that info on the asian pears - I found it very useful. Sorry
you're having problems with your pears. Can't help with the deer but what
kind of worm is it - maybe I've seen it here further east...

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Mauchline [SMTP:mauch1@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:30 AM
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [nafex] Re: Asian Pears
>
> Here's a bunch of links about Asian pears and all discuss ripening
> times. Since most of them are not for mid-Atlantic regions, I would
> not use the dates themselves, but the relative ripening order might
> be useful.
>
> I've had less luck w/ Asian pears - a fruit worm seems to attack most
> of my pears, and if I avoid that problem the deer take them.
>
> Note that Korean Giant = Dan Bae = Olympic (all the same variety).
>
> http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/asnpr3.html
>
> http://www.acnursery.com/pears.htm
>
> http://www.raintreenursery.com/pollin_asianpear.html
>
> http://www.goodfruit.com/archive/Mar15-00/feature10.html
>
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
>
> --- In nafex@y..., "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@l...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > Can anyone enlighten me on the ripening time for Asian Pears,
> > perhaps relative to that for Comice or Bartlett which I also have
> growing?
> > The varieties of Asians I have are Chojuro, Niitaka, Korean Giant,
> and
> > Hosui, all growing on Quince rootstock and bearing for the first
> time.
> > There isn't much fruit to experiment with, but one that I knocked
> off
> > accidently and ate had a nice texture and juiciness - the flavor
> was a bit
> > weak and green so I think as of last week they were not ready yet.
> >
> > My experience growing these asian pears for 2 yrs has been
> very
> > good. The only thing I had to spray for was plum curculio.
> Interestingly,
> > the curculio seemed to only do their feeding on the asian pears.
> Whereas
> > they do much more damage on my apples and european pears with their
> egg
> > laying marks.
> >
> > So, any insight on the ripening time...?
> >
> > Andy Correnti
> > Collegeville (SE) PA
> > Zone 6b
>
>
>
>
>
>
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