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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Good site, thanks.  I don't know of any old pears around here, but my 
friend's mother in southern Alabama has one.  I don't have a clue as to 
what it is, just that they always can pears from this legendary tree. 
Of course, that would be zone 8, close to zone 9, so that strain may not 
work for the colder zones 6 and 7.
My grandmother lived in Norfolk, VA for a while, when I was very, very 
young.  I couldn't tell you much about the house or where it was, but I 
do recall her kitchen and a HUGE Bartlett? pear tree.  We always brought 
home pears in newspaper.
Why don't you get on a regional gardening list, or put a 'wanted' add on 
freecycle to see if you can find someone with a tree that needs a little 
pruning.

Bev

Robert Walton wrote:
> Bev,
>
> Check out this site:
>
> http://www.vintagevirginiaapples.com/
>
> This is the place where I took the grafting workshop last winter.They have
> tons and tons of old and newer apple varieties. They are also carrying pears
> now. Click on Fruit for descriptions and Catalog for listings of what they
> have.
>
> I might take the pruning workshop this winter and if I do, I might bring
> home an Atlantic Queen or Jim Pile pear.
>
> If you find any old pear trees on homesteads around you that have great
> pears, let me know. If you can get scion wood this winter, I'm looking to do
> some grafting of old pear varieties.
>
> Rob - Va
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