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["Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>]

I've assumed Coddling Moth, but I'm not sure that's correct.

The worm eats much of the core of the pear, leaving large amounts of 
frass and the rest of the core area turns brown.  Sometimes you can 
salvage the very outermost section of the pear.  From the outside the 
damage is almost invisible (the tiniest of holes usually near the 
blossom end).  One clue is that the damaged pears will appear to 
ripen before the rest and often fall off.

Chris Mauchline
Honey Brook, PA, zone 6b
(Bearing pear trees are in Berks County, zone 6a)


--- In nafex@y..., "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@l...> wrote:
> Chris M
> 
> Thanks for all that info on the asian pears - I found it very 
useful.  Sorry
> you're having problems with your pears.  Can't help with the deer 
but what
> kind of worm is it - maybe I've seen it here further east...
> 
> Andy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Christopher Mauchline [SMTP:mauch1@a...]
> > Sent:       Friday, August 31, 2001 10:30 AM
> > To: nafex@y...
> > Subject:    [nafex] Re: Asian Pears
> > 
> > Here's a bunch of links about Asian pears and all discuss 
ripening 
> > times.  Since most of them are not for mid-Atlantic regions, I 
would 
> > not use the dates themselves, but the relative ripening order 
might 
> > be useful.
> > 
> > I've had less luck w/ Asian pears - a fruit worm seems to attack 
most 
> > of my pears, and if I avoid that problem the deer take them.
> > 
> > Note that Korean Giant = Dan Bae = Olympic (all the same variety).
> > 
> > http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/asnpr3.html
> > 
> > http://www.acnursery.com/pears.htm
> > 
> > http://www.raintreenursery.com/pollin_asianpear.html
> > 
> > http://www.goodfruit.com/archive/Mar15-00/feature10.html
> > 
> > Chris Mauchline
> > SE PA, zone 6
> > 
> > --- In nafex@y..., "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@l...> 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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