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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] European Pear Flavor and Rootstocks
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:21:42 -0400

I have no personal experience but it's the traditional, accepted wisdom among British gardeners that pears generally give better flavour on quince.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario


ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN wrote:
I have had some varieties of pears which ripened on OHXF333 and in another season ripened on a quince rootstock and the pears ripened on the quince rootstock had far better flavor. Has it just been a fluke or possibly the season that caused that occurrence? I never had them on the different rootstocks on the same year. It has always be on different years so I don't know. For me this has happened with Harrow Delight, Highland, Gorham, and Sierra. Has anyone else had similar results?
Thanks,
Bob
Western Washington




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