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[Deb S <debs913@gmail.com>]

LOL---actually, my dogs were great for finding drops in the long pasture
grass--as long as I was quick enough to get the pears before they could eat
them!

I have canned them, just working up the nerve to eat 'em :)

deb

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Amelia Hayner <abhayner@gmail.com> wrote:

> there are people out there that swear if you can throw it at a dog, and do
> bodily injury, that it's a Keiffer.
> BTW- stubby little Keiffer pears, are delicious if you let them sit in the
> barn awhile, and then can them in a syrup.
> Amy
> NC
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Deb S <debs913@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > After a decade of having no success growing pears (I've killed 8 trees),
> I
> > FOUND a pear tree along the edge of the woods on my farm.  It set fruit
> > this
> > year, small, russeted, very gritty pears.  With no pollinizer and no
> > special
> > treatment, I harvested a bucket of somewhat ugly, but still useful pears.
> >
> > I am wondering how to go about identifying this pear?  It is larger than
> a
> > Seckel, but smaller than a Bartlett if that is any help :)
> >
> > deb
> > SE Ohio
> > Zone 6ish
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