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HI Bev,
    My favorite of the pears they offer is the starking  delicious. They 
produce a lot
and are good for eating, canning, etc. Sounds like you may have a  
polination 
problem with the maxine, does it bloom at a different time from your yard  
pears?
I also used to get pear trees from Johnson Nursery in Ellijay, I had an  
Orient pear
from them that was blight resistant, and produced fruit over about 5  
weeks., no pressure
to pick and can a whole treeful at once. 
_http://www.johnsonnursery.com/FRUIT%20PAGES/PEARS.htm_ 
(http://www.johnsonnursery.com/FRUIT%20PAGES/PEARS.htm) 
Everything they sell will grow in our zone too.
   Good luck,
 
 Drew
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/13/2009 11:45:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:

What  kind of pear do you think I should grow? This is zone 7.
I have two 'yard  pears', probably Keiffers, that produce enough to whet 
my appetite for a  really good variety, and one Maxine grafted onto 
Moonglow. That tree is  almost 10 years old, 25 feet tall or more, and I 
have only gotten a few  pears from it.   I like making pear salad, 
(pears, cheese, a  splash of mayo and a cherry), I can some just to eat , 
but mostly I  just like a good eating pear that will keep at least as 
well as  apples.  I like the taste and texture of Bosc and Bartlets, and 
I  like the color of more red pears...I have the Stark catalog in front 
of me  and can't decide.  Suggestions?

Bev
-- 
Sleep well tonight,  for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is 
protecting your freedom on  the USS Key West, currently deployed 
somewhere in the Pacific and/or  Indian Ocean.  Go Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia,  USA

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