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[Neil T Lewis <lewisn@georgetown.edu>]

>   2. Re: Asian pear, now edible (Donna &/or Kieran)


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> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:13:43 -0500
> From: "Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Asian pear, now edible
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> Now that the Asians have reached the point of edibility, the 
> Kieffers are still better.  According to Corvallis Shinko should 
> have been ready to eat a month ago, which implies that all 3 are 
> KG.  However, the one labeled KG seems a bit less edible than the 
> others, so maybe not.    Donna   
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Donna,

Here in Beltsville, Maryland, I picked my Shinko pears about 10 days ago. 
This is their first year for fruit and I grow no others to compare them with, 
but they tasted good to me and my wife, better than the store bought ones.

Neil