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["Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>]

Art, it's possible that your "honey" pear might be a seedling, although it 
might also be the Pyrus communis cultivar 'Seckel' or another pear developed 
by the Univ. of Minnesota, 'Golden Spice' (which is known for its 
adaptability to cold prairie regions).

Going by the tree's age, it is probably not

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Petrzelka [mailto:art@complum.com]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:54 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Apple wood


On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 20:19, Erdman, Jim wrote:
> My question has been, "what varieties of (apple, pear, apricot, etc,
> etc) should I grow for the best (fastest, clearest, finest grain, etc)
> timber results.  If I seriously want to plant black walnut, for 

I have one honey pear growing on the farm from an orchard planted
somewhere between 1920 and 1950. The fruit is about an inch to inch and
a half in diameter, even though it needs thinning badly. I assume that
this is a "crab apple" version of a European pear.

The trunk is nice and straight with only one flaw, a furrow on one side
from soil to the first limb. Otherwise, the bark is smooth and
unblemished. It has a strong central trunk, and if it had been pruned
properly, would have produced a nice saw log.
-- 
Art Petrzelka
Amana, Iowa, USA

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