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My scionwood from Corvallis has arrived. I
haven't opened it yet, but there should be 2 scions of everything I ordered, and
I won't need that much of most varieties. There are several that are
supposed to be quite hardy. All will have at least some blight
resistance. I figured that you northerners ought to have first dibs on the
hardiest selections. I can list other varieties later that will grow
further south. The hardy list is:
Early Harvest was grown in
Ontario, probably not as good as some of the newer vars
Southworth from
Duluth MN, supposed to be very good
Manning-Miller Potsdam NY,
quality at least good
Okolo From SD breeding
program, described as "Delicious Flavor" and rated highly in Oregon too.
Pai Li from northern China, said to be
very good quality
Low chill but hardy vars, both from northern China,
which you can probably grow if you can get decent apricot crops at your
place:
Ya Li
Tse Li
You can find more info on these vars at this
site:
Their
quality rating system runs 1-9, but most are rated 3-6. Only a very few
pears get an 8 rating, and of blight resistant vars I am happy to see
a 6. They give Kieffer a 3, but they can't ripen late pears very well, so
some very late vars get a low quality rating.
Contact me if you'd like to try
these hardy vars. Anyone who's looking for other blight res vars
might want to contact me and see if I have what they are looking for.
Donna
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