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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

On Sep 3, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Deb Schneider wrote:

> I really like Asian pears and really don't like spending $1.50 EACH for
> sub-par fruit in the grocery store.
> 
> How hard are Asian pears to grow?  Anyone know how they do in southern Ohio
> (zone 6)?  How susceptible to fireblight?  Any other diseases that hit
> Asian pears hard in this region?
> 
> What varieties and rootstocks do you recommend?
> 
> Thanks!

My uncle grows them on Martha's Vineyard, which has a much milder than Ohio, 
being an island in the Atlantic. He finds them much easier to grow than 
apples. I don't think he sprays them at all.

Ginda