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I'm a couple counties away from, and higher on a hill then, loneroc's 
orchard.  But I also saw disappointing blandness on an early-ripening pear.  
Mine was Petit Muscat, first year fruiting from top-work on a standard tree. 
 The branch was loaded-- looked like a stem of Brussel sprouts!  Ripened 
about 12 days later than what Corvalis lists, but I believe that the dif 
between Corvalis & here on other ripenings suggests the Petit Muscat was 
about on time. Bland, mealy; I've eaten more exciting baked potatoes with no 
butter.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "loneroc" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Margerine & lard & Beurre Gifard
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 05:44:13 -0500

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PS:  My fruit is ripening about two weeks ahead of normal this year.  My 
Beurre Gifard pears (not hardy in Z3 except topworked on a hardy framework, 
folks) dropped pears last weekend.  The ones that were on the ground were 
repulsively pithy.  I picked 'em all, put 'em in the fridge and suspect that 
they'll go into the new cider press that I'm assembling this morning. ...