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Hi;
I would suggest you look up the Warren Pear discovered by T.O. Warren in 
Missisippi and  brought to us as a high quality productive, blight resistant 
pear....and if it produced in the south you might be able to grow it.  
Healthy tree 
here in southwest zone 5 Connecticut
Karl Olson