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["Erwin Meekers" <erwin.meekers@luc.ac.be>]

It looks quite simular to Bong Ri (a Nijiseiki x Ya Li cross).
Picture and good description can be found on :

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/pome-fruits/BongRi.htm

More asian pears on (including a few "that don't come out nice and round") :

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/pome-fruits/h4114intr.htm

Regards,

Erwin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:31 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] help with asian pear ID


> I found a tree of unusual asian pears in my neighborhood.  All the pears
> had the same asymmetrical shape (lop-sided) and the same swollen stems.
> A picture of one of the pears is posted at the GardenWeb link below.  Is
> this a common variety with a disease, a tree-wide incomplete
> pollination, or are there asian pear varieties that don't come out nice
> and round? The one in the photo was on the ground and slightly bruised.
> The flavor was sweet and interesting, a mix of grape and caramel.
> -Mark Lee, Seattle, z8a
> http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/edible/msg0911215820055.html
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