Elaine pear

General Fruit Growing
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Is anyone familiar with the Elaine pear?

According to Century Farm Orchards: “it is a very sweet and firm pear. It’s native to southern Mississippi and can tolerate extremes well. Fruit is medium in size and green to brown in color, getting more brown as it ripens. Ripens in September to early October and stores well.”

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I can’t find any other info on it, and I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with it.

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No but I know gentleman who have a mystery pear that looks just like that. Except theirs gets simi-soft when ripe. God bless.

Macus

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We have had this tree for over 50 years and it produces every year.

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Are you the original source of the Elaine pear variety sold by Century Farm Orchards?

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Ncdabbler: did you ever plant the Elaine pear? If so how is it doing & what is the flavor?

I am considering it since it says it does well in extremes. Im in N Texas, zone 8

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I have a branch of Elaine grafted to my Keiffer pear. It’s not my favorite-tasting pear, but it is sweet. It’s also a large pear and very productive. I didn’t get any this year - the squirrels took them all. My favorite pear for flavor is Drippin Honey. Century Farms also sells a pear called Plumblee that has a very nice tart flavor that I appreciate.

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With a coarse skin like that I see few insects biting. Cool

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Thanks for the update. I’ve got the Plumblee on my list to buy. :pear:

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@QuirkyKimbo @ncdabbler @noogy @BEN1 @coolmantoole

Plumblee can get some fireblight here in Kansas though still a nice big pear with some tolerance to the disease. It is not as tolerant as most of what i grow. Elaine would be worth trying. I wish they started selling scions!

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@clarkinks Century Farm Orchards does sell scionwood - at least they did to me when I asked.

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@ncdabbler

I never saw them sell scions. Maybe they will by special requeat Century Farm Orchards: Fruit Trees .Thanks

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Yes, I just emailed David Vernon and asked, and he sent me excellent scionwood at a reasonable price late winter. He’s always responsive to email and quick to share from his wealth of experience. A great guy.

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@ncdabbler

Thanks for letting me know i will hit them up this winter.

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Thanks for sharing Plumblee’s susceptibility to fireblight. It’s hot, humid & typically a rainy Spring & Fall at our orchard in North Texas zone 8. Only one Orient pear got FB this year but its still growing after cutting that part off.

Do you have Magness & Seckel? What are your hardier FB pears in Kansas?
Do you use any pears to make cider? Thanks for any input?

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