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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Winter Nelis  http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr/pony.html  
Is an outstanding winter pear, though the tree is awful.  Spindly, witches 
broom growth habit, and terrible tendency to get sooty mold on foliage and 
fruit. 
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, book, The Grape Grower, at 
http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner  GWA "Best Talent in Writing"  2003. 
Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short, low 
resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
A video about The Grape Grower : 
http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/





On Aug 15, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Andriy Palamarchuk wrote:

I'm interested in it because it is reported to be an excellent winter pear 
and that it stores well in home conditions. Saving an old variety is a bonus.

It is quite difficult to search for it online because "Lawrence" is mentioned 
in other contexts.

Did anybody have experience with it?

Does anybody know a source of grafted Lawrence pears?

The Corvallis repository has it:

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/search.pl?accid=%20PI+541212

If anybody has other suggestions for good winter pears that can be stored in 
home conditions, I'm all ears :-)

Thanks a lot!
Andriy
Eastern MA, zone 6/7
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