Anyone growing Johantorp pear? Wanting to know disease resistance, flavor comparison storage potential for zone 6.
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I dont know much about but i do know it is many peoples favorite for its lateness and taste Any pear recommendations? Zone 8b - Also, here is what I have tried so far. The former currator of the usda praised it highly on the currator list.
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Misspelled repeatedly, Johantorp is P. communis from Sweden with three accessions in USDA: PI 104835, PI 136163, and PI 285530
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I see/saw the comments from the curator site. Sounds promising, was hoping someone here had first hand growing experience. Iām on a mission for extreme winter storage. I donāt mind canning or freezing, but I really like the idea of going to my breezeway in December or January and grabbing āfresh fruitā. I Iāve had positive experience with Arkansas Black apples and now I want āall the late fruitsā!
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I have one I grafted a few years ago. Itās still in a large pot and not flowering yet. The growth habit seems more branchy than some of my other pears.
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Update: My āJohantorpā pear is still in a pot (though it has been up-potted to a larger size). It flowered and set pears this year. I thinned them, but left three on to mature. I just checked today and two of the pears had gone missing with remnants of one looking quite chewed up on the ground so I went ahead and picked the one remaining pear to allow it to finish ripening indoors. Itās still quite green and firm, but looks so large that I had to weigh it. It turned out to be 15.6 ounces. Thatās less than half an ounce shy of one pound!
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