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["Richard J. Ossolinski" <osso@acadia.net>]

charles paradise wrote:
> 3] Are Asian pears grown as far north as Massachusetts?  Do you feel they 
> are less/as > much as/more worth growing than european type pears?

Charles,
Asian pears do well for me here on the  coast of downeast ME.  Favorites so 
far
include Shinko, Chojuro and Hosui, but am trialing several others.  I prefer
them to Euros for taste, texture and keeping ability.
Richard
Gouldsboro, ME Zone 5