Do you know the fireblight status of those on your list? I have wanted to order Discovery and Irish Peach and see how those english apples would do here since i cannot seem to find any info on them anywhere? Both are disease resistant (although it does not seem like FB is a large issue for english gardeners maybe because of a lack of heat?) and very early.
Yes the fireblight status is listed at the bottom of each page. Many i grow can be infected with fireblight. I grow them on hardy rootstovk and top work as needed. Copper spray is used on types such as clapps favorite.
There are some intriguing ones I seleced. Tony tell us about Pai Li how it can be eaten soft like a Euro as well as crunchy really had me going. I got it grafted last year but I’ll try to get that out to the public thru sales. Another, is crunchy with the flavor of a sugar-sweet Euro. I found any information on what I selected thru two pear resources.
I figure I’ll get a majority of Asian pears this year to add to my landscape and see how they might sell on eBay vs. all Euro. basically, last year which did okay. I was able to pay for my rootstock at 200 or 180$ and thus far bring in 620-680 ish after paying eBay 150$ I believe. And I still have a dozen or whatever for sale.
In our club MidFEx, we had a wonderful person, James Ozzello, who had been stationed in France in the US foreign service for a good part of his life (He has since passed on to fruit heaven.) Well, he acquired and grafted many amazing antique French pears. One day at his orchard in Racine, Wi., I inquired as to his favorite pear of all the pears.
He told me that his wife once said, “You can cut down every pear tree in this orchard, but you can’t touch Beurré Superfin.”
Several members are propagating it from scions from his orchard.
@patrick
That is reportedly one of the best pears according to many pear growers i’ve spoke with through the years. Its not produced for me yet but i have grown it for several years. Great choice of variety!
Shroyers sunset sounds delicious, I must be missing seeing the part on fireblight on the bottom. I see scab pseudomonas and blister mite in the scroll window and then growing information and the only place i see fireblight is in the description ever, I would love to know as i have lots of questions on the apples they have as well. Buerre superfin really does sound like its one of the best.
I really wanted to order irish peach apple although i doubt it would work for my location.
I am very curious how ‘Vermont Beauty’ will do in your area. I have included info on the pear, since I grew up in Vermont, and since our pear tree is a hybrid with ‘Vermont Beauty’ in the cross. I am very curious about the variety.
I ordered several - first time attempting to order or even to graft pears at all so I’m crossing my fingers. Mainly interested in perry, so I requested:
Chien Pa Li
Golden Spice
Taynton Squash
Thorn
Yellow Huffcap
Has anyone heard back from the USDA yet this year? I’m very curious about if my order will go through or not!
My order is on its way from the usda. I actually got the real seckle from the usda after have tried multiple times to grow it and finding out it was not seckle. Same story with vermont beauty i went to the usda because many are not what they seem. Worden i have the usda version and from others and waiting to see this year what i have.
Pears are the most widely mislabeled fruit trees around in my experience. My ayers was labeled red bartlett, kieffer was my small yellow pear, so on and so forth. People sometimes ask whats wrong with their bartlett and its kieffer or whats wrong with kieffer and its something ive never even seen but could be a kieffer seedling. I think nurseries have mixed up pears for a lot of years because they dont grow them to fruit.
That callery cross from Eliza Greenman is nearly identical to the one growing on a nearby property. I think callery will pick up the larger pear genetics long term to attract deer etc. to spread the seed.
@tonyOmahaz5
Took your advice as you know and grafted pai li it is flowering this year. I enjoyed the unusual flavor of ya li. Most Americans i do not think would like it as much as i do. What recommendations do you currently have?
Could you give a brief description of Ya Li? I have been after it because they claim it is a soft asian pear. Just wanted something different than the rest of the asian pears.
Thats not been my experience it has not been soft. Its snappy and crisp but not sugar sweet. It’s refreshing to me in an odd way unlike any other pear i grow. The majority of people i do not believe would like it. If you like soft pears i would stick with drippin’ honey asian pear and European pears.
