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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Thanks but "been there done that".  One of the spokes in the wheel I'm 
apparently re-designing, if not re-inventing.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Lamb Abbey Orchards <>
To: nafex
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pears in z4?
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:52:18 -0500

Tanis:

I noticed your posting on cold hardy pear varieties.  You may have long ago
since done this, but have you contacted Bill MacKentley at St. Lawrence
Nurseries to get his feedback?   If you have, terrific.  If you haven't, he
would be one person I'd definitely contact.  His list of pears hardy to Zone
3 (and colder in some instances) can be found here:

http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us/pears.html

I hope this is of some help.

John

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John A Gasbarre
Lamb Abbey Orchards
Union, Maine  04862
lambabbey@gmail.com
http://tinyurl.com/7htst
44° 15' 47" N / 69° 18' 42" W


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> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:23:58 +0000
> From: "tanis cuff" <>
> Subject: [NAFEX] pears in z4?
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> Is it time for another discussion of which pear cultivars are doing well
> or
> at least surviving in zone 4? 3?  Cold hardiness and disease tolerance.
> Here's a list I'm curious about:
>
> Blake's Pride
> Dave's Delight
> Harrow Delight
> Hudar
> Madame Boutant
> Marie Louise
> Marie Louise d'Ucele
> Merricourt
> Moonglow
> Phileson
> Pioneer 3
> Reimer Red
> Rescue
> Seckel
> Southworth
> Tait Dropmore
>