It’s been some time now since we had a new update about some of the Russian pears. @smsmith how are yours doing this year? There are additional cold hardy pears mentioned on this forum.The pears you may not have heard of and should consider growing - #148 by clarkinks. I’m very glad @Bernie has been able to give us a few updates lately on some of the Canadian fruits. Konrad provided these updates on houzz https://www.houzz.com/discussions/lets-talk-about-hardy-pears-dsvw-vd~4134934 . @hungryfrozencanuck4b was able to give us many updates. @yri32 have there been any new updates in Russia on pears since you originally posted? @Stan have you received any new information? We get to where we have several threads going Early cold-hardy pear varieties? - #4 by hungryfrozencanuck4b and Krazulya Pear - #2 by clarkinks to name a few.