To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Asian pears
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 10:25:12 -0400
On Sep 3, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Deb Schneider wrote:
> I really like Asian pears and really don't like spending $1.50 EACH for
> sub-par fruit in the grocery store.
>
> How hard are Asian pears to grow? Anyone know how they do in southern Ohio
> (zone 6)? How susceptible to fireblight? Any other diseases that hit
> Asian pears hard in this region?
>
> What varieties and rootstocks do you recommend?
>
> Thanks!
My uncle grows them on Martha's Vineyard, which has a much milder than Ohio,
being an island in the Atlantic. He finds them much easier to grow than
apples. I don't think he sprays them at all.