First harvest from a David Pear tree, this is one of the apostle series from Saskatchewan breeding program and is a ussuriensis x Bartlet cross. 5 th leaf tree on ussuriensis roots makes it one of the more precocious pears I am growing. Vigorous tree, quite unbothered by foliar diseases, pests. Brix measured 13, most of the sweetness is overwhelmed by the astringent cotton mouth sensation, making it a real spitter. I planted it for perry, so I am quite pleased with it nevertheless, I think it will bring some nice richness to future perry blends.
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That’s some real moonshining stuff right there.
Dax
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Nice! What rootstock did you grow it on? I planted a couple David trees on OHxF 333 this spring in one of our orchards from scion you provided.
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Glad the scion did well for,you, hope you get to taste the magic soon too! Mine is on ussuriensis rootstock.
Another one of the pears I purchased from St Lawrence nursery as part of the “wildlife and wine” package also has fruit on it, I believe it is John. Pyriform, rather than round. I will review them when they ripen.
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