Juicy Jewel aka MN 121 - University of Minnesota fruit breeding program

[slartibartfast]

The boilerplate is readily repeated online but I have found very few actual reports. I dug up an old thread in October to ask the same question: The best Asian Pears - #641 by slartibartfast

Here is the one direct anecdote I got in response:

@Dom

I’m having serious rust problems on mine. This was my second year of fruit.

The fruit splits with rain and spoils on me very easily. I still haven’t gotten any worthy samples to make a proper assessment.

I’m also not happy with the rootstock it’s on in my location.

That being said it’s getting the Ax.

Dripping honey, Korean Giant ,chojuro, Deveci and others all perform vastly better for me from the start.

Dom

I have two in my backyard since they are stocked at local nurseries. I’ve grafted one over to Korean giant and have not decided on the other. I’m leaning toward grafting it over to a more well-known variety, as I’m in Zone 5b, so the true merits of juicy jewel don’t apply as much.