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  • From: "Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Recommendations for Zone 4 pears for perry & wine
  • Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:16:45 -0500

You could use European pears for pressing provided they were a bit underripe. But once they go to full ripe (ie, have highest sugar content) they are going to just mush in your press and give you a whole lot of solids to settle out. A lot of your brewing capacity will be wasted on slow to settle solids that will be hell to strain out. I have made enough wine to know. The crunchier Asian pears will work much better, still firm when their brix is high. If you can grow Kieffer, you should have a pretty wide range of better vars to choose from. Donna




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