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["Anthony Curcio" <apc@vassolinc.com>]

On the subject of Asians.
We have tried to spread the branches the same as our apple trees.
Yet they seem to be very brittle and snap away from the trunk even
with mild pressure. Has anyone had the same experience ?
Should we let Asians grow out on their own and prune only ?
Thanks Anthony Curcio NW,IL.
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>   1. Re: When are Asian Pears Ripe? (lester davis)
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>   3. Re: When are Asian Pears Ripe? (Hal Love)
>   4. Re: When are Asian Pears Ripe? (ROBERT W   JUDY A HARTMAN)
>   5. Re: When are Asian Pears Ripe? (Doreen Howard)
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> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:26:36 -0500
> From: "lester davis" <lhdavis8@knology.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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> KOREAN GIANTS USUALLY RIPEN IN MID-GEORGIA SEPT 7-10.  WITH THE HEAT
> THIS SUMMER A FEW DAYS EARLIER.   THE BEST WAY I'VE FOUND ON ASIAN
> PEARS IS  CUT INTO THE CORE, IF THE SEEDS ARE BLACK OR NEARLY BLACK
> THE FRUIT IS RIPE.  I WILL BRING SOME "SHOW-AND-TELL" KOREAN GIANTS
> TO THE CLEMSON MEETINGS, THEY WILL BE ABOUT A WEEK SHORT OF RIPE
> BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TASTE TEST.
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> LESTER H. DAVIS
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Doreen Howard
>  To: North American Fruit Explorers
>  Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:06 PM
>  Subject: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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>  My grafted two-fer Asian pear tree is loaded this year with Stark's 
> Giants (Korean Giant) fruit.  The grafts have one Shinseki fruit.  All 
> bagged and they look terrific.  How do you tell when Asian pears are ripe? 
> The tree produced one pear  last year, the second season in the ground, 
> and I arbitrarily picked it when it looked yellow.  It was a bit over 
> ripe, lacking some of the crunch, but still very good.
>  Doreen Howard
>  IL-WI Border
>  Zone 4b-5a
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> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:29:27 -0400
> From: nbeaureg@student.umass.edu
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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> all caps is really a bummer to read.
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> ncb
> zone 5
> western MA
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> Quoting lester davis <lhdavis8@knology.net>:
>
> > KOREAN GIANTS USUALLY RIPEN IN MID-GEORGIA SEPT 7-10.  WITH THE HEAT
> > THIS SUMMER A FEW DAYS EARLIER.   THE BEST WAY I'VE FOUND ON ASIAN
> > PEARS IS  CUT INTO THE CORE, IF THE SEEDS ARE BLACK OR NEARLY BLACK
> > THE FRUIT IS RIPE.  I WILL BRING SOME "SHOW-AND-TELL" KOREAN GIANTS
> > TO THE CLEMSON MEETINGS, THEY WILL BE ABOUT A WEEK SHORT OF RIPE
> > BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TASTE TEST.
> >
> > LESTER H. DAVIS
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Doreen Howard
> >   To: North American Fruit Explorers
> >   Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:06 PM
> >   Subject: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
> >
> >
> >   My grafted two-fer Asian pear tree is loaded this year with Stark's 
> > Giants
> > (Korean Giant) fruit.  The grafts have one Shinseki fruit.  All bagged 
> > and
> > they look terrific.  How do you tell when Asian pears are ripe?  The tree
> > produced one pear  last year, the second season in the ground, and I
> > arbitrarily picked it when it looked yellow.  It was a bit over ripe, 
> > lacking
> > some of the crunch, but still very good.
> >   Doreen Howard
> >   IL-WI Border
> >   Zone 4b-5a
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> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:55:21 -0600
> From: "Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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> You can go out at night and place a flashlight right up against the fruit. 
> They will become very translucent when ripe.
>
> Hal
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>  From: Doreen Howard
>  To: North American Fruit Explorers
>  Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 7:06 PM
>  Subject: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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>
>  My grafted two-fer Asian pear tree is loaded this year with Stark's 
> Giants (Korean Giant) fruit.  The grafts have one Shinseki fruit.  All 
> bagged and they look terrific.  How do you tell when Asian pears are ripe? 
> The tree produced one pear  last year, the second season in the ground, 
> and I arbitrarily picked it when it looked yellow.  It was a bit over 
> ripe, lacking some of the crunch, but still very good.
>  Doreen Howard
>  IL-WI Border
>  Zone 4b-5a
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> From: "ROBERT W   JUDY A HARTMAN" <hartmansfruit@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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> Just so you can see the difference what climate can do I am responding to 
> this question too.  Here in western Washington the Korean Giants ripen 
> about the last of October, varying a little each year by how much heat we 
> have in October.  Checking the seeds is a good way to tell if they are 
> ripe.  I do that and also give them the ole taste test.  Some varieties 
> start dropping their fruit too and if that happens you better do some 
> testing.  Sometimes fruit will preharvest drop too so you have to watch 
> out for that.
>
> Bob
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>  From: Doreen Howard<mailto:gardendiva@charter.net>
>  To: North American Fruit Explorers<mailto:nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>  Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:06 PM
>  Subject: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
>
>
>  My grafted two-fer Asian pear tree is loaded this year with Stark's 
> Giants (Korean Giant) fruit.  The grafts have one Shinseki fruit.  All 
> bagged and they look terrific.  How do you tell when Asian pears are ripe? 
> The tree produced one pear  last year, the second season in the ground, 
> and I arbitrarily picked it when it looked yellow.  It was a bit over 
> ripe, lacking some of the crunch, but still very good.
>  Doreen Howard
>  IL-WI Border
>  Zone 4b-5a
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> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:25:45 -0500
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When are Asian Pears Ripe?
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> Is this for real?  What an interesting way to gauge ripeness.
> Doreen Howard
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> Hal Love wrote:
>  You can go out at night and place a flashlight right up against the 
> fruit. They will become very translucent when ripe.
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>  Hal
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