By Bob Purvis   Finding pear varieties suitable for Alaska has proven far more difficult than finding suitable apple varieties. My perusal of U. P. Hedrick’s The Pears of New York in 1987 turned up only a few candidates, among them Beurre’ Giffard, or simply “Giffard”. This article was inspired by seeing the delighted reaction…

By  Bob Purvis Finding pear varieties suitable for Alaska  has  proven  far   more  difficult than finding suitable apple varieties. My perusal of U. P. Hedrick’s  The  Pears  of New York in 1987 turned up only a few candidates,  among  them  Beurre’ Giffard, or simply “Giffard”. This article was inspired  by  seeing  the delighted  reaction of …