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  • From: "Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Asian pears
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:58:28 -0400

Joe and the others who wish to have Asian pears which tastes of rum:

Most all of them take on this type of sweet fermentation flavor when
over ripe (on the tree)......


This may be a new way to sell 'em..............

ed, Southern Ohio, mild temps...........

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Joe Hecksel
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:52 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: 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.

Lon: Look at
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/acchtml.pl?1436701

Rated a 7 of 9 for quality.

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
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>

--
Joe Hecksel
Personal Webpage http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel

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