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  • From: "Mark & Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Asian Pear ultra low brix-tool disinfection
  • Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:51:12 -0500

Hi Doug,

I use spray Lysol disinfectant for all pruning. The can says it kills
nearly 100% of bacteria, nothing to mix, convenient (you don't have to carry
a bucket), and it seems to be fairly easy on tools. A can lasts a long
time.

Mark
Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Woodard" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Asian Pear ultra low brix


> During the growing season if a cut is made into infected wood, the
> fireblight will be transmitted on the pruning tool. Disinfection is a
> pain, and with bleach can be rough on the tool if done often. I
> understand that if the pruning is done in the dormant season, the
> infection is not transmitted, but I'm not sure I know all the ins and
> outs of this.
>
> Doug Woodard
> St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>
>
> Spidra Webster wrote:
> > My neighbor has an Asian pear and has been giving me some of his
> > harvest. I'm not wild about pears in general, but like European
> > pears better than Asian. Most people like European pears far riper
> > and sweeter than I do. I actually like them crisp. But these Asian
> > pears are the lowest sugar pears I've ever eaten. It's more like
> > eating vegetables. I don't know whether that's because he's
> > harvesting them too early (the tree has fireblight and I alerted him
> > to that so he's been pruning things) or what.
> >
> > I'm pretty broke right now due to having taken a month off for
> > surgery and recovery so I can't turn my nose up at free food. Does
> > anyone have any serving ideas for making these pears more
> > pleasurable? Lemon and brown sugar?
> >
> > Spidra Webster
> >
> > Zone 9b Berkeley, CA
> >
> >
>
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