Hi Clark- how do you describe or rate paili? My grafts took off on the HCrisp tree on 84 and branched. This variety might need to be on north side when grafting.
I grow yoinash for many years. It’s FB resistant. It usually is ripe ( black seeds) around September 10 in Chicagoland zone 5
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Here is my 2024 dripping honey picture.
It is very large size pear that ripen around mid of September, a week late than Yoinash.
Most my dripping honey is around 1 lb range if the tree was thinned properly in the spring.
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PaiLi, no FB issue, productive, and sweet, crispy. Ripen around September 26 in Chicagoland, zone5.
Is around 250g each pear considered small/medium/large size?
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It could just be the lighting in the photos or my mind playing tricks on me, but the (correct) Moonglow pictures Robert posted above do look like they have a very slight pink/red blush on them. Nursery photos, in addition to being stock photos/wrong fairly often as mentioned, also seem to have the color saturation cranked way up to look prettier.
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I read this full article Clark… from where the picture you posted came from… no mention of Atago that i could see.
A member guessed that it was Shin-Li in the comments… the poster guessed it was Seuri.
Are you saying its Atago? Or do you think that one of the other guesses is correct?
For sure not Shin Li, I have that one. My Seuri has not fruited, but I’m guessing that’s it. Seuri is supposed to be ugly and the one in the pic fits that description.
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@Robert I checked the tag for the pears I think are Moonglow - it says Moonglow. It is a tree that I bought at Lowes. So I looked up the description of the pear and Stark describes it this way -
“The Moonglow Pear, a variety originating from Maryland and introduced in 1960, stands out for its distinct features. Its large, blushed fruit draws attention . . .”
So, I’m thinking that perhaps YOU had a different pear? Here’s one of my pics. I picked them yesterday.
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I think that you may be right. Or perhaps the ones that get a lot of sun have more blush. Mine definitely have a blush - and unless the tree was tagged incorrectly at the nursery . . . (which is always a possibility) they are Moonglow.
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Me and everyone else.
Moonglow from Auburns post:
Moonglow from Ampersands post:
Moonglow from k8tpayaso post:
My Moonglow:
I bought 6 pear trees from Lowes and every one of mine turned out to be Ayers. Mislabeled trees at Lowes is not hard to believe. Your pics look a little like Ayers. @PomGranny
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I picked some more and took a photo of some on the tree. I now think they are Moonglows. They aren’t that different in shape than the pears others posted . . . and mine got more sun than some - so they have a blush. But, not all did.
Anyway . . . . I plan to send off for a DNA kit . . . just to be sure of their heritage.
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Mount Vernon Asian Pear.
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The asian pears are absolutely exploding in popularity. It is easy to forget how many we really grow. I would say in the next few years many of us here will be growing 50-100 types of asian pears
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So the Arctic blast that’s currently partying all over Europe has taken all fruit off of my young Tsu Li tree. I had to go out a few times and risk colliding with flying quinces to right it along with its support. This variety has leaves too large for its own good…
The question is, is there any chance of them ripening? I expected to pick in about 1-1&1/2 months from now and ripen in storage for another 2. They are rock hard and yellow inside, even the ones nicked by wasps.
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I would go ahead and try it because cinnamon and sugar covers a multitude of sins if all else fails. Canning them in a month would likely work.
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That is too true.
I will put them in the wine cellar with all the Comtesse de Paris that went ballistic. In their case, I know they will be good and edible in November. I just have to dip the stems in wax.
The upside is that the Tsu Lis detatched as if ripe, while Parisiennes got snapped stems, which is always preferable to quinces ripping off 10-20cm branches as they took off. (I’m dramatic with all the imagery, but if you’ve ever been in a childhood turf-war using quince for ammunition, you know where I’m coming from.)
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What is your experience with this pear? There is not much information about it in North America. I want more long-term storage pears, but I heard that this pear has significant issues with scab. Has that been your experience?
It and probably a sport or local seedling variety was the go to storage pear in this area. Great for storing in just a cooler room/root cellar. Excellent when ripe. There were several old trees on the property and around the village. We have had a year or 2 (out of ~20) when the pears cracked on both old trees (possible local descendants) and 100% known young CdPs. If I remember well, those were extreme drought to heavy rain weather switches during July/August. Otherwise some surface scabbing occasionally mostly on one old tree the trunk of which looks like swiss cheese. But not enough for me to not graft more trees, if that is a sufficient answer.
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Btw, it is maybe about as prone to scab as Golden Delicious apple and their bad years seem to* coincide for me.
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