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[mark wessel <growyourown@earthlink.net>]

Looks very much like a seckle. 



> On Jan 26, 2017, at 4:46 PM, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The pear repository has a number of cultivars listed called Mission
> pears which is listed as a synonym in the article you posted.  They
> look to have a different shape than the photo of the fruit in the
> article but who knows.
> 
> https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail.aspx?accid=%20PI+617580
> 
> ~mIEKAL
> 
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu> wrote:
>> Has anyone heard of the Jesuit Pears that grow in Detroit, MI and Windsor
>> Ontario or similar places?  Does anyone have any information about the
>> location of these trees, grafting them, flavor and uses, or any other
>> useful information?  Slow Food is considering adding them to the Ark of
>> Taste.
>> 
>> https://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-item/jesuit-pear
>> 
>> And that page links to this and some of the other pages out there:
>> http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-317/Jesuit_Pear_Trees.html
>> 
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Mike Levine
>> Ann Arbor, MI
>> www.natureandnurtureseeds.com
>> Heirloom and open pollinated seeds for the Great Lakes and beyond
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