Hi,
I have read about several varieties of apples that taste like euros pears but curious if the list is more expansive
Hudson’s Golden Gem
Candy Crisp
Bourassa
Sunrise?
I went to Geneva NY and tried an obscure apple at the orchard tour that I really liked and it reminded me of a euro pear, PRI 1346-2; it had a very soft texture (like a ripe euro pear) but tasted like one also
curious if there are others
Thanks
Egremont Russet
And Suncrisp when eaten around Christmastime.
The few St. Edmund’s russets that I have had seem to become pear like hours after leaving the tree.
I dont know that Hudson’s Golden Gem tastes like a European Pear. Or for that matter any Russet apple tastes like a Euro pear. They all have a much denser and crisper texture.
Regardless Russet apples are among my favorites. HGG and Golden Russet are among my top 10 favorite apples.
I have a HGG… started 2020… developed some fruit spurs last year after summer pruning and limb bending.
Hope to get to try some this fall.
I definitely will get the Three Sisters to have a lunch box pear apple for the kids.
I consider ‘Hunt Russet’ to have a pear like flavor profile. It’s a good storage apple too.
The only apple I’ve grown that confuses people into thinking it’s a pear is Hudson’s Golden Gem. Stinkbugs and wasps also think it’s a pear.
Weren’t the Pearmain varieties named as such due to pear flavor?
Good ole wiki says “pearmain” has 3 possible etymologies: pear-shaped, originating from “Parma,” or hardness and long keeping ability (the most likely per wiki). Glad I looked that up - thanks @AndySmith since I am grafting blue pearmain this spring
I have Hudson’s Golden Gem and find it the most pear like apple I have had.
Razor Russet is also pear like
