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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

My pears were unusally colorful this year as well. The leaves were
yellowish-orange with red highlights. I don't know the variety, but suspect
they are Comice. We had a very dry summer and fall here (n. middle TN,
medium silt-loam soil) as well.

Hal

zn 6b TN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] pears' fall colors


> This year I noticed a range of fall leaf color in pear varieties.  Here
> (s.central WI, light soil, very droughty year), the best color was on my
> Petit Muscat and on an unID'd tree a couple miles down the road.  Does
> anyone else notice this, and if so, which varieties?  Can we get
homeowners
> to plant more pears if we can sing the praises of fall color?
>
> Sorry, didn't notice nice color on any apple leaves.
>
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