Hello Everyone,
We have a beautiful very large old house at tree but it’s fruit is not so great. So thinking of adding another smaller pear for eating. I have been eyeing “cascade@ on raintree. Was attracted by the description that it lasts a long time, tastes good etc. is this a good candidate date? I will be keeping it small by pruning a lot…
Well,
I think you have quite a few options
best-pears-western-pacific-northwest-2018(1).pdf (419.8 KB)
and this is an earlier list and discussion
you also have Joseph Postman’s Curator Choice list from when he was the curator for the Corvallis USDA pear collection
Curator’s Choice Pears 02-2012.pdf (232.9 KB)
also not on these lists are 2 pears developed at OSU, Paragon and Best Ever
it is always good to have options and lean on their experience
good luck
yungen = paragon
per the Montanari paper (2020) where she did lineages on all the pears at Corvallis
Paragon (Yungen), Orcas, and Cascade are all sisters with the same parents
They are also all local to the PNW, so I think any of these would be a good choice, but you have a lot of choices besides these
I am getting a cascade!! Thank you so much
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Ferling rather excited.