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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

Can someone calculate out the chance that this variety would mature in the 
north in zone 5?
Charles Paradise
Massachusetts/zone 5

Thomas Olenio wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:02:51 -0400
> From: ARS News Service <NewsService@ars.usda.gov>
> To: ARS News subscriber <tolenio@sentex.net>
> Subject: Tasty New Pear
>
> STORY LEAD:
> Agency Debuts Feisty New Pear
>
> ___________________________________________
>
> ARS News Service
> Agricultural Research Service, USDA
> Rosalie Marion Bliss, (301) 504-4318, rbliss@ars.usda.gov
> September 26, 2002
> ___________________________________________
>
> A distinct blend of sugars, acids and other flavor compounds give a rich, 
> aromatic taste to a new pear variety released by the Agricultural Research 
> Service.
>
> The new yellow and light-golden pear, named "Blake's Pride," was developed 
> by horticulturist Richard Bell with the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research 
> Station in Kearneysville, W.Va.
>
> The beauty of this pear isn't just skin deep. The fruit is endowed not only 
> with excellent eating quality, but also with resistance to fire blight, a 
> devastating pear disease. Caused by a bacterium native to North America, 
> fire blight greatly limits pear production in the eastern and midwestern 
> United States.
>
> According to Bell, the U.S. pear industry relies heavily on just four major 
> pear varieties, leaving much room, and demand, for new and improved 
> alternatives. "Blake's Pride" now provides commercial pear growers and 
> homeowners a new selection of disease-resistant pear.
>
> Budwood of "Blake's Pride" is available free to nurseries on request by 
> contacting Dr. Bell through the lab's web site at:
> http://afrsweb.usda.gov/DBell.htm
>
> Since the variety has been certified as virus-free, Bell expects a growing 
> demand from orchardists and homeowners beginning next year.
>
> Pears mature and are harvested from early August through early October, 
> with varieties farther south ripening earliest. "Blake's Pride" ripens 10 
> to 14 days after the widely grown "Bartlett" variety. California, Oregon 
> and Washington state together produce most of the pears harvested in the 
> United States.
>
> The new variety is the second fire-blight-resistant pear developed by Bell, 
> who is now planning additional new releases in the near future. ARS is the 
> chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
>
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