The two growers in Pennsylvania who tried most of the red-skinned pears available then in the late 1980's considered them all worthless. Wish I could find the reference. Charlie Paradise tanis grif wrote: > I recently did a little reading on the red sports, and got the idea they might be > easier to grow than the regular, because of this lower vigor. (Slightly more > dwarfed, easier branch training, possibly better fireblight resistance, etc.) Did I > make the correct assumption? Or do they have other problems which would make the > show-stopping visuals not worth the bother? > > --- "Lon J. Rombough" <> wrote: > > > FWIW, in most red skinned sports of green pears the leaves are red or reddish and > seem to be less efficient than pure green ones, making the trees slower growing and > less well branched, in many cases. > > > > > On Jan 17, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Ray Kaminski wrote: > > > > ... A branch of red pears among green ones is a real show stopper if you have > ever have seen one. One I am interested in is Red Rogue as I read that it is > suppose to be a good keeper. I have Birne Red (red fleshed) but it also have not > produced yet. Thanks-Ray _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
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