It is a cellphone view of the pedigree information on GRIN website. I access via computer and have similar information but in a much wider format.
Passport information shows it originated from Porter Lombard at Oregon State University in 1981 but has been around since at least 1970.
Here is the pyrus catalog
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/20721500/catalogs/pyrcult.html
Yes, that is the same old catalog dated 2016. I downloaded it to my computer many years ago thinking that it would disappear.
I just had never looked it on my phone. Of course, everything is on the computer screen - all spread out.
Hi,
I looked in 2 places - the ARS Grin Pyrus collection Clark posted
and the spreadsheet from the genotyping pear study from Corvallis
(rows 225 - 233)
Table S2.xlsx (48.7 KB)
there are also 3 pears listed with Comice - Onondaga (PI 688159) and Lukavanski (czech PI 282974) and PI 541433 (“comice-like”); it is not clear exactly why they are listed with comice: if these are duplicates of comice or comice-like or sports. I can reach out and get more information.
I may be interested in scions. Was it the Rogue Red that you lost? Last time we spoke you weren’t sure if it was Regal Red or Rogue Red that went down. Rogue Red is another I’m trying to get my hands on. One of Clarks post stated Rogue Red did not need any fridge. That’s pretty unusual for a late season pear and made it desirable to me.
My Clapp’s Red is about 6 years old and finally starting to produce heavily. Unfortunately this year quite a few of my pears have been damaged by insect bites. I agree it’s a superb pear when perfectly ripe, but that ‘perfectly ripe’ window is very short. Blink and it’ll be rotten on the inside. I’ve taken to picking them a bit early to be safe. Up here (Ottawa, Canada) they’re usually ready mid to late August.
I never had Rogue Red. I had Reimer Red which was so vigorous and unfruitful that I grafted it to something else. It was my old brain forgetting which one I had!
Beautiful pears. Agree, very short window. I missed it last year but have my one fruit of the year on the counter now waiting to ripen. I’m starting to pick a few Harrow Delight fruit. Pear season is beginning. I also noticed that Tyson is starting to change color but none came off when I checked this morning.
MikeB, is your Clapp’s Red the same as Starkrimson which is Red Clapp’s Favorite aka Kalle?
I believe it is. It was sold to me as ‘Clapp’s Red’, though after researching online it seems like the consensus is that Starkrimson, Kalle, and Clapp’s Favourite Red are all the same red-skinned sport of the original Clapp’s.
Yesterday I checked Ubileen and it was ready to pick. I’ll eat it this weekend. Here is an excerpt from the GRIN Passport Narrative.
Ubileen Gift (PI 392323).-A large-fruited, early ripening pear from Bulgaria. Clapp Favorite x Klementinka. Fruit: large to very large (about 230 g), pyriform, ripening in late July; skin yellow with red blush; flesh yellow, fine-textured, buttery, sweet, juicy, subacid, and aromatic; can be stored for 4 to 6 days at room temperature.
My Ubilene has not fruited yet, but many have reported it hard to pick at the right time to get it to ripen correctly. Have you experienced any issues with that?
This is only my second year and the two pears are the total crop. I’m a novice.
Here is Harrow Delight. Most have been picked and are a very nice size this year.
From GRIN:
“Harrow Delight (PI 541431) - Introduced in 1982. Purdue 80-15 (Old Home x Early Sweet) x Bartlett. Fruit: 5% smaller than that of Bartlett; ovate-pyriform, shallow, broad basin; flesh quality high, juicy, grit equal to that of Bartlett, skin light-green to yellow-green color with 20% to 30% covered with a light blush, no russeting. Ripens 2 weeks before Bartlett - resistance to fire blight slightly less than Old Home. Cross fertile with Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou, and Harvest Queen. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties” - Edited
Ubeleen was supposed to be better than Clapp’s Favorite, but it’s not - my opinion of harvesting it for 4 years now. Taste is the same, only a bit more reddish on the sunny side, a waste of time imho.
My Red Clapp’s and Ubileen are not quite ripe. I should be able to taste them side by side this week. It will be my first taste of each of them. My young Clapp’s tree did not fruit this year.
you have such a wonderful pear collection! i love seeing your photos and notes. Could you please tell me which are Fire blight resistence based on your experience?
Today, 8/4/2024, I tasted one of the two Ubileen about 1 1/2 weeks after picking. It was very good. Excellent acid-sugar balance. Good texture - tending toward buttery with no core breakdown. The other fruit was too ripe.
I also tasted the one Clapp’s Red/Kalle - it seemed ripe enough but was tasteless with only a fair texture.
