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I have the Red Anjou, I love it, it is very hardy and an annual producer in marginal sunlight.   They do need pollinators. 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:43:07 -0400
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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