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[Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>]

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 11:02:37 -0400, you wrote:

>Then I made
>a bottle of wine out of it [or Perry, if you prefer] and the wine was as
>good as any bottle of white wine under $20/bottle.  So finally I found
>a use for the gritty pear.
><p>Pat, as for what's non-gritty, I always thought Bosc were smooth and
>non-gritty.&nbsp; I also discovered a spurry Bosc-looking seedling 
>locally&nbsp;that
>is very smooth and sweet.&nbsp; I don't think its hard to find non-gritty
>pears, is it?&nbsp; I believe it gets hard when we try to grow the 
>highest-tasting
>pears then pollination often comes hard.

Yes, I agree.  Perry is lovely.  I was introduced to it in
England, but we can buy it here (USA) as well (it's not as
good as the English version, though).  

I don't want to grow the pears, particularly:  for once, a
fruit I do NOT want to grow - a first, probably!  :)  I just
want to be able to buy non-gritty pears and enjoy eating
them.  I'll try Bosc, I don't think I have ever eaten a
Bosc.  Thanks.

Pat
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