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[John Bunker <jbunker@palermo.org>]

Luscious Early Fall. SD E31 x Ewart. SD State U, 1967. Luscious is one
of the most productive varieties we know of here in Maine.  It is
extremely hardy and very good tasting.  For us it ripens in
late September-October.  The fruit is small, although not nearly as
small as
Seckel.  It bears so heavily that it’s apt to break branches. The soft,
fine extra-juicy off-white flesh is sweet and flavorful with almost no
grit cells. Thin yellowish skin is covered with small tan dots. For a
northern orchard, I think it's quite a good pear. We've
been offering it in the Fedco catalog for quite a few years.

John Bunker
Fedco



Doreen Howard wrote:
> 
> I came across a pear today that I have never seen before or read about at
> Whole Foods Organic Market in Madison, WI.  It's a small pear and looks like
> a giraffe!  The skin is cream and heavily mottled with big tan splotches.
> The name listed for it is Luscious, and it is grown by a small organic
> orchard near the Mississippi River on the Wisconsin side.  The handwritten
> info on the pear stated that is a good variety for organic production and is
> excellent eating quality.  The flavor is supposed to be like butterscotch.
> I'll have to wait until the pears ripen to verify that claim.
> 
> Does anyone have info on this pear?  The appearance of the fruit, in itself,
> is quite interesting.  I would have named it Giraffe, but no one asked me.
> Doreen Howard,
> Zone 4b Wisconsin, where a flake of the white stuff has yet to fall!!
> 
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