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["V. Michael Bove Jr." <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>]

Moonglow pears.  Pears in general are fairly bulletproof but Moonglows are 
artillery-proof.

Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)

On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Michele Stanton wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I am preparing a list for new fruit students, a list of 'bullet proof'
> fruiting or perennial edible plants. I would like to hear of your favorite
> low-care fruits if you live in humid zones 5-7 east of the Rockies. But more
> specifically, which species and cultivars, including rootstocks, perform
> well for you without too much care on your part?  Perennial vegetables are
> fair game, too.
> 
> 
> 
> The ideal plant for my list would still give a decent yield of usable fruit
> with little pest management (except fencing for deer), minimal pruning, be
> happy with neutral pH soil, and perhaps no care except for irrigation during
> drought, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> I am assuming that with  BMP these same plants might produce wonderful,
> marketable fruit-but the question is, what would they do when treated with
> benign neglect?
> 
> 
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> Michele in SW Ohio
> 
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