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[NAFEX] Nagog pear description[ was Gritty...was Forelle]
- From: Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Nagog pear description[ was Gritty...was Forelle]
- Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:53:57 -0400
Do you meanThis fall I'll taste it a 3rd time and try to answer your question then after a 3rd taste. The particular pear has the following characteristics as a fruit and tree:
you found a buttery fleshed Bosc type?
Buttery, as in the way a
ripe Bartlett, or Comice are?
-Lon Rombough
PLUS
spurry growth
naturally dwarf/semi-dwarf [or possibly just young]
bears with no spray or human intervention
juicy, very good taste, grit free
MINUS
fruit only keeps a few days after picked until dead ripe
nothing special in appearance..smooth, dull skin
size first two years I knew it was half to 2/3 size of a large commercial bartlett or bosc.
My diary has the following entry regarding this pear:
10/20/04 driving by the original Nagog Pear seedling, was astonished to see large pears hanging on it. I didn't know those pears were that large, and I didn't know they would hang this late.
I have propagated this pear primarily for flavor and growing habit. I don't think its a world beater. I like the way it grows. As for the buttery, I just can't say. It is very sweet and tasty, an easy rugged little tree...the original seedling is I'd say under 10'. I don't have any reason to think its any better than anything else, but it produces all by itself without nearby pollinators, it might produce much more and larger under orchard conditions. I don't see how this could supplant any commercial variety, because the size, except for the large size of 2004 [which I only saw, didn't gather] wouldn't replace. But we'll watch it.
Charlie Paradise
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RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report.
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RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report.,
Brungardt, Sam, 06/02/2005
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- RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report., Lucky Pittman, 06/02/2005
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[NAFEX] guinea fowl noise reports?,
charles paradise, 06/02/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
joanrrosenberg, 06/02/2005
- RE: [NAFEX] guinea fowl, Stephen Sadler, 06/02/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
Dianne Stephany, 06/02/2005
- RE: [NAFEX] guinea fowl, Naomi, 06/02/2005
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[NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle],
Charles Paradise, 06/04/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle], Pat Meadows, 06/04/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle],
Lon J. Rombough, 06/04/2005
- [NAFEX] Nagog pear description[ was Gritty...was Forelle], Charles Paradise, 06/04/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] guinea fowl,
joanrrosenberg, 06/02/2005
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RE: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report.,
Brungardt, Sam, 06/02/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] Sweet cherry report., Jwlehman, 06/03/2005
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