From: "Joe Hecksel" <jhecksel@voyager.net>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:52:26 -0400
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Asian pears
> I have tasted that pear at the NCGR in Corvallis and it is indeed a
good
> pear. There was a cross of it that was being tested as a rootstock
and it
> had a wonderful aromatic flavor that was almost like quince. I kicked
> myself for not getting some as the trees were pulled as being
unpromising as
> a rootstock, though the fruit was great.
Lon: Look at
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/acchtml.pl?1436701
Rated a 7 of 9 for quality.
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