To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Gritty pears [was Forelle]
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 11:47:44 -0400
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 11:02:37 -0400, you wrote:
>Then I made
>a bottle of wine out of it [or Perry, if you prefer] and the wine was as
>good as any bottle of white wine under $20/bottle. So finally I found
>a use for the gritty pear.
><p>Pat, as for what's non-gritty, I always thought Bosc were smooth and
>non-gritty. I also discovered a spurry Bosc-looking seedling
>locally that
>is very smooth and sweet. I don't think its hard to find non-gritty
>pears, is it? I believe it gets hard when we try to grow the
>highest-tasting
>pears then pollination often comes hard.
Yes, I agree. Perry is lovely. I was introduced to it in
England, but we can buy it here (USA) as well (it's not as
good as the English version, though).
I don't want to grow the pears, particularly: for once, a
fruit I do NOT want to grow - a first, probably! :) I just
want to be able to buy non-gritty pears and enjoy eating
them. I'll try Bosc, I don't think I have ever eaten a
Bosc. Thanks.
Pat
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