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[John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>]

While it is certainly true that most sources - including credible ones  
- list FB and Parker as separate varieties, there is a lot of evidence  
to suggest that there was a mix up somewhere along the way and that  
the two are the same.     We gave up growing and selling both because  
of scab.
Regards,
John Bunker
Fedco
trees@fedcoseeds.com
www.fedcoseeds.com
PO Box 520
Waterville ME 04903
207-873-7333




On Jun 25, 2011, at 1:33 PM, rmelrose@danvilleVT.net wrote:

> Are Flemish Beauty and Parker really the same? I have seen lots of  
> places
> list both -- I have Parker growing (fruit for the first time this  
> year if
> it doesn't all wash away ....).  If true, this will save me the  
> bother of
> buying another Flemish Beauty since the last one croaked. It had not
> fruited so I don't have a way to check.
>
> Richard
> VT 4a/3b
>
> > Message: 14
> > Date: Sat Jun 25 13:32:46 2011
> > From: John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ID for Disease on Flemish Beauty pears
> > To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Message-ID: <54B92BEC-DAB1-46C7-8060-D5943970D0C4@gmail.com>
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> >
> > Flemish Beauty (also called Parker) is extremely susceptible to
> > scab.   Many growers have given up on growing the pear and have cut
> > them down.
> > JB
> >
> >
> > John Bunker
> > Fedco
> > trees@fedcoseeds.com
> > www.fedcoseeds.com
> > PO Box 520
> > Waterville ME 04903
> > 207-873-7333
>
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