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  • Subject: [NAFEX] Bud 9 vs. M9 apple rootstocks
  • Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:33:57 -0500

I believe that thet the disease is also called crown rot.

I may have answered my own question, although other thoughts
on the subject are welcome:

http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/science/rtskorch.htm

>>Doesn't collar rot relate to how pruning cuts are made, in >>addition to
>>variety?

>I was under the impression it had mainly to do with the soil,
>and the water conditions the tree was planted in. I'm talking
>about the disease that attacks the tree trunks where they come
>out of the ground (although I believe the fungus can attack
>other parts of the tree, such as the roots themselves).


Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation
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Subject: [NAFEX] High Quality, Early Pears: experience and recommendations?
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Anton and Greg commented below on Lawson's (June Sugar) pear. Here's the
description from the NCGR-Corvallis website
(http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr/catalogs/pyreurop.html):
"Lacking in desirable flavor and texture characteristics." I tasted this
one in Oregon and was equally unimpressed. Had hoped it would be better in
the east, but not so by Anton's experience.
This raises the question for Ed F., Ethan. Dick Bell and others; What are
the best very early-early Europ. pears?
2 add'l questions: 1) Any comments on blight resistance and fruit quality
of Earlibrite, same season as Lawson (Sugar Pear), but rated much more
highly? (I've not tasted this one.) Earlibrite description from NCGR site,
thanks to Joseph Postman:
EARLIBRITE is a medium size, attractive, good quality very early ripening
pear from Nova Scotia, Canada. A cross of Clapp Favourite x Russet Bartlett
made by L.E. Aalders in 1954, selected, named and described by A.D. Crowe
and released in 1975. Fruit: fairly uniform, medium size, short pyriform,
skin medium greenish yellow when ripe, 75% overload with rich orange red
blush, smooth, very attractive. Flesh medium firm, buttery, juicy, soft when
ripe, relatively free of grit cells, white to light cream. Stores and ripens
well for its season without excessive core breakdown. Flavor mildly
aromatic, moderately rich, very good. Stalk medium length and size, often
curved, inserted in small cavity. Season very early, about with Lawson.
Tree:moderately vigorous, good spur development, upright spreading. The
fruit is Earlibrite has outstanding appearance, size and quality for its
season. Blight resistance is unknown.
2) Our favorite early pear in Corvallis was Dave's Delight. Here in
Tennessee, we're trialing Dave's Delight, but unwilling to recommend it
without more knowledge of fireblight resistance and adaptibility. Anybody
have experience with Dave's Delight, specifically regarding fireblight and
fruit quality in the east? Described as "An early season, attractive, very
high quality pear, which stores well for its season and is relatively free
of core breakdown. Originated at Kentville, Nova Scotia, by A.D. Crowe,
Agriculture Canada Research Station. Beierschmidt x Bartlett....Fruit
(size): medium to below medium, flesh light cream, very fine and buttery,
nearly free of grit cells; flavor aromatic, equal to or better than
Bartlett."
Thanks,
Richard Moyer, East Tenn, daffodils finally open yesterday!

>I had 2 June Sugar pears in North Georgia (Zone 7). The fruit ripened
>in late June to early July. I found them inedible fresh, very dry flesh
>without flavor or juice, but quality is subjective and they might cook
>alright- I never bothered to try.
>It did ripen much earlier than the other 20+ varieties in my orchard.
Anton

Needham Greg wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with (Lawson's) June Sugar Pear? I have a
> nice little tree of this cultivar that will soon be grown up enough to
> bear fruit, and it occurs to me that I never asked anyone whether it
> lives up to it's name- by actually ripening much earlier than the
> other pears I know. Pears around here (middle of North Carolina's




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