Potomac pears

[Matt_in_Maryland]

@Appleseed70 and @TheFluffyBunny have both fruited the Potomac pear.

Appleseed70 has reported on this forum that he likes Potomac’s taste and that it indeed very much resembles D’Anjou in eating qualities:

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Very similar to D’Anjou…yes, also similar in appearance though I think a bit smaller. I probably allowed it to carry too many also and deer got a good number of them. I really need another season or two to get a good read on them, but so far I’m pretty optimistic. I do not however have the benefit of sampling many different varieties of pears like a lot of you. I did do a fair amount of research and am very confident it’s identity is correct, so no worries there I don’t think.

TheFluffyBunny says he does not really care for Potomac (or D’Anjou for that matter) but it is one of “[his] woman’s” favorites:

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My woman likes Potomac. It is an Anjou class pear, and she likes Anjou. It is very, very fireblight resistant and of exceedingly high quality. I am just not an Anjou fan so I use it as a base for a multi-graft tree. Mine is on OHxF 282 and I have had it about 15 years. Either Rocky Meadow screwed up on the rootstock (unlikely) or the darn thing is very, very,very vigorous. Basedon what folks have told me it is vigorous and out grows any thing else. I can keep my pears on 333 at 8 feet e…