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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Flemish Beauty is a tasty, large and hardy pear, and I see that it is 
now sold in some Ontario supermarkets in season. However the tree is 
quite susceptible to fireblight. so maybe something like Luscious would 
suit better as a hardy framework.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario


Claude Jolicoeur wrote:
> A 22:27 09.01.16 -0500, vous avez écrit :
>  >>>>
> Reine de Reinettes intrigues me because I am not familiar with it and I 
> think I get it mixed up with Reinette du Canada? Sandow seems to be 
> interesting, although I wouldn't know where to get my hands on it.
>
>
> Claude, as I said the pears look mouth-watering. Among those you 
> recommended do you have any taste preferences or ones that are better 
> keepers? I know what you mean about more apples than pears, I have a 
> fear that with 2 pears I will be overrun with fruit. In that case I need 
> something self-fruitful. I read that Flemish Beauty is the most 
> self-fruitful, would you concur?
>
>
> Caren,
> I got my Sandow tree from Corn Hill Nursery in N.Brunswick, on Ottawa 3 
> rootstock (dwarf). That was 10 years ago, but you may still give it a 
> try. I am quite sure you can find it on Google.
>
> On pears, since you probably will have only one tree, I would suggest 
> you put yourself into grafting to have 4 or 5 varieties in the same tree 
> - this would solve the pollination issue and permit you to have some 
> early, mid-season and late pears. Flemish Beauty is probably the easiest 
> to find in any nursery, so you could start with that. Then next year, 
> you could graft a couple of branches. There are quite a few people on 
> this list including myself that yould send you scion wood with pleasure...
>
> P.S. Reine de reinettes and Reinette du Canada are 2 different 
> varieties. Reinette du Canada is not very hardy from the reports I have 
> read. Reine de reinettes is an old European variety of uncertain origin 
> that is quite popular in colder areas of England, France, Holland and 
> Scandinavia. Actually, in France it is known to be greatly superior in 
> the mountain areas in higher altitude orchards. I got it from late Fred 
> Janson, one of the NAFEX founder who had a great collection in Ontario. 
> This was quite a surprise for me to discover that this apple performed 
> so well in my cold zone.
>
> Claude