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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Another addition to this thread...

I cut open one of these asian pears this morning that I picked last week
while doing some "Urban Fruit Exploring" in an alley near my office.
Wow.  Probably the best asian pear I have eaten.  Sugary sweet with
tropical fruit punch flavors.  It tastes like a blend of pineapple,
mango and guava.  If I juiced this, I'm sure no one would guess it came
from a pear tree.  I didn't know such flavors could be produced in the
Pacific Northwest.  I wonder if it would taste differently after a more
typical summer than we had this year (hotter than normal).
-Mark Lee, Seattle  z8a

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mark Lee
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:20 AM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] help with asian pear ID

Thanks Erwin.  I think you have made the correct ID.  This pear has the
right asymmetry, right skin markings and color, its early and very
aromatic.  This description matches the Bong Ri description at the site
you link below.  I have posted some more photos of this fruit at the
Edible Landscape forum at the GardenWeb website (see link below).

In addition to ID'ing this fruit, you have provided a link to a great
website for Asian Pears that I didn't know about before.  Thanks Erwin!

-Mark Lee, Seattle, z8a

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Erwin Meekers
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:19 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] help with asian pear ID

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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