My pear collection

General Fruit Growing
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Found it!

It’s Doyenne d’hiver / Winter-Dechantsbirne / Easter Buerre (UK) . The descriptions in two 1907 & 1915 Czech pommologies fit including “The Doyenne d’hiver is easy to recognise by its densely spaced, wavy and from a distance seemingly curly foliage.”

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@Tana

Excellent research im glad you found it!

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I was looking for the Doyenne Blanc, you mentioned elsewhere in those books and came across it while skimming the 4 Doyennes that were included. (White is not.) :slight_smile:

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@Tana

I shared this database just now on a seperate thread and was thinking you might enjoy it LESCRETS FRUITS ET POMOLOGIE LA POIRE THE PEAR

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Thanks! Btw those two books in my link (sadly in century+old Czech that gets butchered by AI translation) are great - often describing best cultivation practices for each variety, reasons for poor performance or lower quality fruit, etc. They did some relatively good research, too. Plus, even though climate has changed, it is still (also relatively) relatable for me. The only pain is the naming. :slight_smile:

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Very interesting post!

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What would you pick?

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I’m piking Rocha pears… some shinseiki on September.

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Rocha pear, the Portuguese national pear

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Shinseiiki

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Amorim

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Chu Hwang nashi new tree

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Hi Luis! How do you like Ooharabeni? My tree is going to flower for the 1st time in the spring and anticipate something great:)

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Isn’t that also known as late KG?

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Nope its a bartlett x asian cross. Raintreenursery has it.

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It’s on the list of trees Cliff’s sells scions of: http://www.nuttrees.net/

I’ve never ordered from them before personally.

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Late Korean (Okusankichi) - Pyrus pyrifolia sp. Large, round. Green to tan russeted, Thick skin keep very well. White, refreshing, firm, coarse, crisp and juicy flesh. Keeps well after picking. Flavor improves with storage. Ripens: Late October, 600 hours chilling.
Cold hardy USDA Zone 5.

Thanks. I’ve been looking to add that, but forgot what it was called. All I could remember was it started with an O. Now I wonder if anyone on here has it?

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Okusankichi aka Nihon Nashi is a seedling of Wasesankichi and the parent of Bosarge. It is NOT a parent of OOharabeni. Okusankichi is a cross between pyrifolia and sinkiangensis. I found one source in the U.S. but it appears to not sell trees currently. 4 accessions show in ARS-Grin.

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