To: hartmansfruittrees@wport.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] picking pears
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:06:07 -0700
I pick Clapp's Favorite a couple of weeks before Bartlett. It is
particularly susceptible to going brown at the core if it is picked
too late. I've already picked the biggest ones, and we ate the first
ripe one today.
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil