I thought this was interesting. Here is a sour guava being called an Arrayan. When I search arrayan fruta I get more images of green guava than Luma. Even though Luma do taste good, I wouldn’t say they compare to the quality of a guava from the psidium genus.
Thanks, I got the PM. Interesting, in their list is “russetted Comice”, I believe that is the Taylor’s Gold you mentioned picking. I consider that an outstanding pear, and am trying to grow it.
I’m not sure I’ve ever tried Concorde, I’d assumed it was run of the mill, but maybe that was just being prejudiced because they are a commercial variety. Now I’m interested to try it.
I’d never been a fan of dried pears. But years ago a friend dropped off 100 or 200 lbs of Bosc pears. We dried most of them and they were outstanding. Especially the ones we did towards the end when they were slightly overripe and super soft. We peeled them. I’m not sure how much being without the peels added to the experience, but now I look forward to drying pears in the future.
The European pears I have, mostly young, are Taylor’s Gold, Golden Russet Bosc, Seckel, Thornley and Bella di Guigno on pear roostock, plus a few experiments on aronia.
This may be why Concorde isn’t common!
The Mt. Vernon espalier planting looked to be about 20 years old and no evidence of fireblight.Maybe a little bit too cool here for fireblight. I’ve never seen it on my trees.
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Yes, my first exposure to anything named Arrayan, was a juice with a picture of a green fruit that looks like this. Sprightly and refreshing, Doesn’t taste like guava but at the same time when you learn there related you complety get the flavor connection.
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Get ready for a freeze next week! This is for my zip code in Seattle, so probably a bit colder for many of you
Keeping in mind that these maps are often wrong in the details, here’s the rough scope of the freeze according to the GFS model:
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Thanks for the update. I was about to relax my diligence because, after many windstorms, my patched-together protection looks so gross!
23F showed up for next Tuesday on late TV news Portland.
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I am interested in meeting local fruit growers near Port Orchard. My favorite things are Figs
Grape
Ribes
and Apple.
@LarryGene most of the prediction I have seen say we will have freezing temperatures M-W nights and Tuesday will be the worst. I have seen prediction for Tu night low of 18F-25F. It seems everyone is predicting we will get a hard freeze next week but how low and how long seems to be in flux. We should know a lot more by Sunday.
I’m not too worried:
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There’s a guy in Amity OR who is growing olives and olive trees commercially. I am growing them for the medicinal quality of the olive leaves. He very clearly recommended Frantoio, which is doing well for me.
John S
PDX OR
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Are your Frantoio fruiting outdoors? I tried Arbequino inside ghouse - it grew well and I got olives, but when transplanted outside, no olives and winter dieback. Deer loved the olive leaves.
I had an arbequina at the other house. It fruited but was a small tree. My frantoio hasn’t fruited yet, but it is healthy and growing. 2 years old. It’s outdoors. No dieback. I’m hoping to enjoy the leaves.
John S
PDX OR
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My frantoio has been outdoors two winters now with no dieback or damage in the snow and freezing rain we have had here in east Portland. No fruit yet unfortunately. I think it is still too young.
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25.9F overnight here on Guemes. Hardired and Harcot nectarines in calyx green stage.
Hope it doesn’t go below 21 tonight!
Some protection with lights.
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11 years ago when I started growing fruit, I spent a lot of time reading online blogs and 2 names kept coming up over and over for growing oddish fruit in the PNW. @JohnS and @LarryGene. Problem was, I wanted to grow what you two do in Portland here 30 miles north of Seattle. Oh well, my list of dead things is almost as long as my alive list but I’ve had fun along the way and been surprised quite a bit. Thanks for paving the path for addicts like myself! 
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The Willamette Valley ‘wannabe list’ is a long one!
I prefer to sell stuff in person.
Plus
no postage expenses.
Have a lot of Grape and Fig cuttings available for sale or trade.
…and during those 11 years, many of my oddities have gone away, but the feijoa and quince remain. Willamette Valley remains a stronghold for U-pick caneberries and hazelnuts and experimental research (Corvallis, NWREC, etc.). Never hurts to try things slightly out-of-zone as TLC and microclimates can result in unexpected success.
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