From treehugger53ah at yahoo.com Mon Oct 8 17:28:39 2018 From: treehugger53ah at yahoo.com (Henry) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 21:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [nafex] pear question References: <2017407075.1133102.1539034119272.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2017407075.1133102.1539034119272@mail.yahoo.com> There is a large pear tree in the former pasture behind the farm in Dakota County, Minnesota. Its trunk is about 40 inches in diameter. It towers above the other trees around it. The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring. The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they fall from the tree. Hard but tasty. It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear. Any way to figure what kind of pear we have? --Henry Fieldseth From alandhaigh at gmail.com Mon Oct 8 17:57:00 2018 From: alandhaigh at gmail.com (Alan Haigh) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:57:00 -0400 Subject: [nafex] nafex Digest, Vol 222, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Henry, it is unlikely you will find an answer with a simple description like this, although the location of the pear may be your best lead- if there is any information of what varieties were grown in your region over a century ago (you could ask the librarian of the land grant university in your state if there is any literature on the subject). In the end, the chances are good that it is a seedling, in which case it is whatever you want to call it. 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It towers above the other trees > around it. > > The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring. > > The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they fall > from the tree. Hard but tasty. > > It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear. > > Any way to figure what kind of pear we have? > > --Henry Fieldseth > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > __________________ > nafex mailing list > nafex at lists.ibiblio.org > Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters > subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex > > > ------------------------------ > > End of nafex Digest, Vol 222, Issue 1 > ************************************* > From jimfruth at charter.net Mon Oct 8 20:37:34 2018 From: jimfruth at charter.net (jimfruth at charter.net) Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:37:34 -0500 Subject: [nafex] pear question Message-ID: Henry, I have a HUGE pear tree too. I don't remember the variety and it doesn't make any difference. I'd bet it is the same variety as yours and, if I absolutely had to, I'd bet that I could trace its origin and name. -----------------------------------------From: "Henry via nafex" To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org Cc: "Henry" Sent: Monday October 8 2018 4:28:46PM Subject: [nafex] pear question There is a large pear tree in the former pasture behind the farm in Dakota County, Minnesota. Its trunk is about 40 inches in diameter. It towers above the other trees around it. The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring. The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they fall from the tree. Hard but tasty. It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear. Any way to figure what kind of pear we have? --Henry Fieldseth __________________ nafex mailing list nafex at lists.ibiblio.org Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: From treehugger53ah at yahoo.com Tue Oct 9 08:46:00 2018 From: treehugger53ah at yahoo.com (Henry) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [nafex] pear question References: <1605122032.298367.1539089160543.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1605122032.298367.1539089160543@mail.yahoo.com> Jim, How would you trace its origin? --Henry -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 10/8/18, wrote: Subject: Re: [nafex] pear question To: "'Henry [treehugger53ah at yahoo.com], mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters'" Date: Monday, October 8, 2018, 7:37 PM ??? Henry, ??? I have a HUGE pear tree too. I don't remember the variety and it doesn't make any difference. I'd bet it is the same variety as yours and, if I absolutely had to, I'd bet that I could trace its origin and name. ??? -----------------------------------------From: "Henry via nafex" To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org Cc: "Henry" Sent: Monday October 8 2018 4:28:46PM Subject: [nafex] pear question There is a large pear tree in the former pasture behind the farm in Dakota County, Minnesota. Its trunk is about 40 inches in diameter. It towers above the other trees around it. The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring. The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they fall from the tree. Hard but tasty. It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear. Any way to figure what kind of pear we have? --Henry Fieldseth __________________ nafex mailing list nafex at lists.ibiblio.org Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: __________________ nafex mailing list nafex at lists.ibiblio.org Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex From ehilborn at mebtel.net Fri Oct 12 15:16:58 2018 From: ehilborn at mebtel.net (Elizabeth Hilborn) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:16:58 +0200 Subject: [nafex] Sweet European fruit Message-ID: I recently sampled Mirabelle plums and Buerre Hardy pears.? Both are incredibly sweet and luscious. Are they available in N America, perhaps under different names? Betsy Hilborn From spidra at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 15:22:17 2018 From: spidra at gmail.com (Megan Lynch) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:22:17 -0700 Subject: [nafex] Sweet European fruit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Andy Mariani grows some Mirabelle in CA. I don't think he ships them fresh, though, and they don't seem to dry well. https://andysorchard.com/harvest-calendar If you're interested in trees, Arboreum sells some. https://arboreumco.com/collections/european-plums Megan Lynch http://www.meganlynch.net From jimfruth at charter.net Tue Oct 16 10:13:46 2018 From: jimfruth at charter.net (jimfruth at charter.net) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:13:46 -0500 Subject: [nafex] Northern Blackberries Message-ID: I have tried all blackberries that I could find offered for sale from catalogs and while a few were both hardy and productive, all were very susceptible to fungi. One variety, Thibodaux was worthy but needed to be buried under the snow to thrive. SO, I developed my own to be super hardy, quite productive, disease resistant, and even grows in the filtered sunlight among pine trees. -----------------------------------------From: "James Snow [KDHE]" To: "jimfruth at charter.net" Cc: Sent: Tuesday October 16 2018 8:51:33AM Subject: Northern Blackberries Hello. My name Is James Snow. I see you are the NAFEX interest group leader for Rubus for the north. I have been interested in growing blackberries in Kansas. The few kinds I have grown seem to have lots of winter kill. I am currently looking at gathering hardy blackberry varieties for trial and possible breeding here. Kansas is challenging as it gets both very hot in summer and very cold in winter. It seems many of the very hardy blackberry varieties are hard to locate. I have tried to find ?Illini Hardy? with no success. Do you have any experience with ?Nelson? or ?Stenulson?. Any recomondations? Also do you have any experience with wild ?Rubus Canadensis? the Canada Smooth Blackberry, Thornless? Thanks -James