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["Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>]

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"Buerre Dumont and "Dumont" should be the same cultivar.  "Buerre", the French word for "butter" was often used as the first word in the names of pears that originated in France or Belgium to connote that a particular cultivar whose flesh had a smooth, buttery texture when ripe. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:56 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Pears Compatible with Quince Rootstock

Does anyone have any idea where one could obtain the Swiss Bartlett or another Bartlett strain that is compatible with quince?  See the list from OSU: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cor/catalogs/pyrcompatible.html for other compatible pears.  They list the Swiss Compatible and the French Compatible Bartlett as being compatible with the quince rootstock.  Has anyone had any experience with these Bartlett strains or any other Bartlett strains that are quince compatible?  If so, what has been your experience?  Are they the same as any other Bartlett taste and other characteristics for use?

 

One other thing, there is a Beurre Dumont listed in compatible lists and a Dumont listed in the incompatible lists.  I have a Dumont that I have had for 20 years or so in nursery rows.  I have it on quince rootstock too.  I don't know if I originally received it as Beurre Dumont or as plain Dumont.  Do you have any idea what is the difference between the two?  The Fruit, Berry, and Nut Inventory lists it as the same.  I know that when I refer to like Beurre d'Anjou I just call it Anjou without the "Beurre" part.

 

Thanks,

Bob

Western Washington