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["David Doud" <doudone@netusa1.net>]

here in zone 5 Chojuro ripens with Bartlett  (about right now) - Niitaka a
week later - Korean Giant about 5 weeks after Bartlett - don't have Hosui -
Flavor seems to be the weak point of the species - Chojuro seems relatively
highly flavored,  but almost a petroleum taste - Niitaka not too bad -
Korean Giant is the best here,  harvested about Oct 7 - often 2-3 days at
room temp after harvest brings a wonderful sweetness to go with the
wonderful texture - I harvested Kosui a week ago - it is my second favorite,
although the trees seem to be more winter tender than other varieties - if
the trees are thinned adequately,  i watch for a change in background color
for indicating harvest  - if the trees are overloaded,  they do not obtain
decent quality - no way to salvage -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@lmco.com>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:35 AM
Subject: [nafex] Asian Pears


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> 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.
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> 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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