To: "Anton Callaway" <marillen@earthlink.net>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pear flavor just off the tree
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:07:54 -0500
The problem with early pears is much like that of early apples, that their
metabolism is so fast that they are likely to be going overripe by the time
they are ripe. This is mentioned in an article on the Dabney pear grown in
Tennessee, and I am seeing it in this pear that I assume is the famous
"Early Harvest".
Wilder Early was killed outright in one of the European pear collections
attacked by fireblight. I'm glad I didn't order it. Where exactly are you,
Anton? Donna