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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Asian pears

I have tasted that pear at the NCGR in Corvallis and it is indeed a good pear.  There was a cross of it that was being tested as a rootstock and it had a wonderful aromatic flavor that was almost like quince.  I kicked myself for not getting some as the trees were pulled as being unpromising as a rootstock, though the fruit was great.  Had the longest stem you ever saw.  Scale a cherry up to pear size and you would have something with a similar sized stem.
    If Brian is passing out scions, I'll put in an order.  I have Crataegus douglasii trees that could be topworked to pears (I've done that several times with great results).
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:02:35 -0700
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Asian pears

> Brian,
> Rum flavored asian pears!  I'm interested in the Taihe Japanese Golden
> Russet.  My Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory (3rd edition) doesn't list this
> variety.  Do you know of any nurseries that carry it?
> -Mark Lee, Seattle
>
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