New world is discussed here
@KYnuttrees grows it
@noogy @tonyOmahaz5 @milehighgirl @JohnS and others were discussing this back in 2012 when there was a gardenweb before houzz bought them out
" New World Asian pear cultivar
12 years ago
I’ve never been a fan of Asian pears; I like mine soft. (Of course I’ve only eaten store-bought ones). On a lark I bought some at Costco and one of my sons just loved it. He said he always hated the squishiness of pears.
So now I am thinking about getting an Asian and I don’t have a clue what to try. I was on Cliff England’s site and was wondering about the New World cultivar he is selling. It is a cross between Bartlett European pear and Korean Giant Asian Pear.
I don’t have a lot of fireblight issues here, but we do have a short growing season.
Has anyone here tried the New World or does anyone have any other suggestions for me?
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Tony
12 years ago
MG,
I have not try the new cross from Cliff yet. But I have 15 plus varieties. So far I really like Olympic giant, Yoinashi, Shinko, New century, and Tennosui.
Tony
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Noogy
12 years ago
Mh,
If into october is a challenge you could pair yoinashi with hosui, even Atago for earliest, but I can’t vouch for it.
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maryhawkins99
12 years ago
I planted my New world pear in jan. No fruit yet of course. So far, it’s growing like any pear. At least fireblight hasn’t gotten it.
Cliff has only offered this pear for a year, so he’s the only one I know of that can vouch for it.
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skyjs
12 years ago
I like the refreshing, light ones like Shinseiki and Ya Li,
but I also like 20th century pear for flavor.
Chojuro has a rum kind of flavor and is a good keeper.
Korean Giant (DOn Bae is an amazing keeper.
Mine have broken branches the last two years because they set too much fruit. You’d think I’d learn , but apparently not yet.
John S
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milehighgirl
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12 years ago
I asked Cliff about pollination of New World and he said it is pollinated by European pears. His is grafted onto Calleryana and I’m not sure that would be the best for my area, although he said it is hardy to zone 4.
Honestly I am leaning toward Yoinashi. Cummins has it on OHxF 97 and Bay Laurel has it on Betula.
Does Yoinashi need another Asian for pollination? I currently have 2 Euros; Red Clapp’s Favorite and Moonglow. My neighbor has a flowering pear.
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Tony
12 years ago
MG,
The flowering pear should pollinates the Yoinashi.
Tony
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maryhawkins99
11 years ago
Looks like I’m going to lose my New World to fireblight. Its been a bad year for fb here.
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Tony
11 years ago
Bob,
Sorry to hear about your New World Asian pear. I hope you did some back up grafts from the original tree. When I buy any new dormant tree, I usually do a couple back up graft on some branches, just in case the original tree die.
Tony
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maryhawkins99
11 years ago
Thanks Tony. No, I didn’t make back up grafts, probably should have. I think I’ll move on to other pears, see how they do.
I’m curious how the Harrow Crisp, Delight, & Gold might do here; I’m not sure if I have enough chill hours, but they’re supposedly very fb resistant."
Scions are very easy to come by
I personally dont grow this asian pear because of the fact that many people i knew lost theirs to fireblight. Maybe i need to grow it personally and help to better document it. At first i thought i had grown it once though it seems that was new century and not new world. I never have grown this as far as i can tell. New century is another very common asian pear New Century Asian Pear Tree - Stark Bro’s