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[Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>]

The area of the country makes a tremendous difference in ripening.
Here on the Oregon coast we are in zone 8 but it is meaningless for
determining ripening,
We ripen way later than most areas.
For instance Niitaka does not ripen till the end of October if then.
We get very little heat buildup.
The temp all summer long rarely goes above 70 and goes down to 50 almost
every night.
This year even the Chester blackberries are just getting ripe now. The
main peak will be the middle of Sept.
20th Century will be ripe the first of Sept.
Shinsetsu does not seem to get enough heat to ripen at all. So it is a
failure for me.
Sam

"Correnti, Andy" wrote:

>
>       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.
>
>       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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