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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

The only red-skinned pears I have culinary experience with are the red
Bartletts, which are delicious.

Stephen 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paradise
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:43 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Red skinned or red fleshed pears?

The two growers in Pennsylvania who tried most of the red-skinned pears
available then in the late 1980's considered them all worthless.  Wish I
could find the reference.
Charlie Paradise


tanis grif wrote:

> I recently did a little reading on the red sports, and got the idea they
might be
> easier to grow than the regular, because of this lower vigor.  (Slightly
more
> dwarfed, easier branch training, possibly better fireblight resistance,
etc.)  Did I
> make the correct assumption?  Or do they have other problems which would
make the
> show-stopping visuals not worth the bother?
>
> --- "Lon J. Rombough" <> wrote:
>
> > FWIW, in most red skinned sports of green pears the leaves are red or
reddish and
> seem to be less efficient than pure green ones, making the trees slower
growing and
> less well branched, in many cases.
>
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Ray Kaminski wrote:
> >
> >  ... A branch of red pears among green ones is a real show stopper if
you have
> ever have seen one. One I am interested in  is Red Rogue as I read that it
is
> suppose to be a good keeper. I have Birne Red (red fleshed) but it also
have not
> produced yet.  Thanks-Ray




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