This is a cultivar from Purdue University released through Gardens Alive conglomerate aka Gurneys etc. Gardens Alive! - Wikipedia!
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Has a lot of good varieties in it’s parentage. Looks like it ripens about the same time as Harrow Delight. Oddly they called it early mid season.
Posting couple pictures of Ambrosia pear fruit:
It blooms around April 15th in zone 6a. For last couple years I lost battle to squirrels so did not get any pears. Trying to get it under control in 2023.
They found you and now have a map to your tree in their den!
Yeah, they are going after peaches primarily but unfortunately take pears as well. As you can see on pictures pears where not protected at all when tree was young and I was able to harvest some pears. But it’s not a case anymore. Stocking nets for this season💪
Wow! That’s a big pear. I bought one this year. It’s struggling with a foliar disease that might be fireblight though. Do you spray yours?
I didn’t spray in recent years much, maybe Neem oil here in there. In 2023 I’m trying to adopt organic schedule. However I’m battling this leaf issue Pear disease and Insect identification - #45 by ukie still deciding how to tackle it.
For those who might be interested pear patents go for 20 years only on h2-169 US Patent for Pear tree named ‘H2-169’ Patent (Patent # PP 16,759 issued July 4, 2006) - Justia Patents Search
The trademark is forever on the name ambrosia
" Pear tree named ‘H2-169’
Oct 22, 2004 - Purdue Research Foundation
A new pear variety distinguished by its large size fruit of nice shape; fruit having a good quality texture and flavor; good tree type; blight tolerant (equivalent to ‘Honeysweet’ variety); early season (mid-August); and annual high productivity.
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Description
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Pyrus communis.
Variety denomination: ‘H2-169’.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
None.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of pear tree named ‘H2-169’. Our new tree resulted from a planned hybridization program and is a selection from crossing ‘US 571’ (unpatented) as the seed parent with ‘Honeysweet’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,379) as the pollen parent (see FIG. 1). The resulting tree was selected when growing in a cultivated area in West Lafayette, Ind.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The ‘H2-169’ variety is distinguished from other pear varieties due to the following unique combination of characteristics: large size fruit of nice shape; fruit has a good quality texture and flavor; good tree type; blight tolerant (equivalent to ‘Honeysweet’ variety); early season (mid-August); and annual high productivity.
Asexual reproduction of this new variety by grafting and budding onto rootstock [‘Old Home×Farmingdale’ variety rootstock (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,362)] shows that the foregoing characteristics come true to form, are firmly fixed, and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.
The following detailed description concerns the original tree, selected on Aug. 20, 1993, and progeny first asexually propagated in 1996. The original tree and progeny have been observed growing in a cultivated area in West Lafayette, Ind.
Certain characteristics of this variety may change with changing environmental conditions (such as photoperiod, temperature, moisture, soil conditions, nutrient availability, or other factors). For example, leaf colors may be brighter green if the trees are grown in soil with greater nitrogen concentrations, and may be more yellow when grown in soil containing lesser amounts of nitrogen. Color descriptions and other terminology are used in accordance with their ordinary dictionary descriptions, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Color designations (hue/value/chroma) are made with reference to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a photograph showing typical fruit and leaves of the new variety.
FIG. 2 is a photograph showing a tree of the new variety.
The color photographs shows typical specimens of the leaves and fruit and tree of this new pear tree variety and depict the color as nearly true as is reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character. It should be noted that colors may vary, for example due to lighting conditions at the time the photograph is taken. Therefore, color characteristics of this new variety should be determined with reference to the observations described herein, rather than from the photographs alone.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Botanical
The following detailed description of the ‘H2-169’ variety is based on observations of asexually reproduced progeny. The observed progeny are trees which were 7 years of age and growing on ‘Old Home×Farmingdale’ variety rootstock (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,362) in West Lafayette, Ind.
The length, width, thickness and other measurements were obtained from observations of ten typical leaves in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sep. 10 or 13, 2004.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
Patent History
Patent number: PP16759
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 22, 2004
Date of Patent: Jul 4, 2006
Patent Publication Number: 20060090231
Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Inventor: Jules Janick (West Lafayette, IN)
Primary Examiner: Kent Bell
Assistant Examiner: W. C. Haas
Attorney: Klarquist Sparkman
Application Number: 10/971,719
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Pear (PLT/176)
International Classification: A01H 5/00 (20060101);"
Those are enormous! I might have to stop by for a stick in a couple years if you don’t mind trading.
