This is a very rare pear that comes in handy because of its early ripening time. The only info i have seen thus far comes from the former curator of corvallis Dr. Postman , and is shown below.
Taxonomy:
Cultivar:
‘June Sugar’
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
29 Feb 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
I still have it, and never bother to try to sample whatever fruits it may produce. It’s that bad, here
But if someone wants to try it I can try to find some graftable budwood.
@Lucky_P
Bad how? Is it the short harvest period or something additionally?
What is the growth habit like?
@Josh6b Fruits are small, and have about a 15 minute window of opportunity before they go mushy/mealy and lose whatever flavor they had. I guess if you were desperate for a fresh pear in June, they’d be tolerable, but not great. I don’t even bother to look at the tree to see what sort of fruit load it carries.
Growth habit… it’s a pear; fairly upright, and as the fruit is so small, and ripens so early, it never breaks limbs from the weight of the crop, as is typically the case for many of the pears in our orchard.
Good to know. I will stick to Spaulding and LeConte as my Georgia origin pears.
ARS has Progres which shows maturity June 10th. PI 392322
Bella di Giugno is ripe by late June. PI 324125
