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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pears are Early
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:01:26 -0400

Similarly, the squirrels have discovered my cornus mas this year. The first
time it fruited, the critters left it alone. But I see a partially-chewed
red-but-not-ripe fruit below the tree. So I guess this is another crop I will
never harvest.

Sigh.

Ginda
Eastern MA, zone 6


On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:53 AM, nottke1 wrote:

> Bird pecks appeared on the pears about two weeks early this year, Aug 11 vs
> a "normal" Sept 1.
> So yesterday I harvested all my pears. Ayers, Asian pears (all varieties),
> "apple pears", and Bartlett types all had dark brown to black seeds. Only
> Kieffer still had pale colored seeds and were still very hard.
> The damaged pears were pared and sauteed - only took about 15 minutes for
> all to get soft, so they were ready to be harvested.
>
>
>
> Jim Nottke
> Zone 7
> Pfafftown, North Carolina





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