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GIFFARD-A PEAR FOR ALASKA
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…
Read MoreGiffard -A Pear for Alaska
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…
Read MoreASIAN PEARS
…Orient come the so-called “Chinese varieties” of Asian pears, which are complex hybrids of-the ussurian pear (Pyrus ussuriensis), the Chinese white pear (P. Bretschneideris), and perhaps other Asian pear species….
Read MoreSOME PEAR POSSIBILITIES
…most pears. The fruit, about the size of a ‘Sekel’ pear, is yellow with an orange-red cheek and has no grit. Both were the most disease-resistant pears in the Northwoods…
Read MoreHARDY PEARS – COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS
…in Anchorage. In January 1988, I acquisition wood of two edible-fruited Ussurian pears, 1912-238 and 942-358, from the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. These two pears both fruited in…
Read MoreWINTER 1996-97 SURVIVAL
…PERCY PLUM PETER PEAR PETROVSKI PEAR PF 10 PF 12 PF 21 PF 39 PF 50 PF 51 PHILLIP PEAR PINK BLOSSOM NANKING PIONEER 20 PIRJA PRECIOUS APRICOT PRINCESS KAY…
Read MoreBIG NEWS READ ALL ABOUT IT!
By Erik Simpson Larry and Laura have successfully grown, the first known edible pear in Alaska—and it happened this year!!! This is apparently a Patten pear tree which produced pears…
Read MoreNew Fruit Variety Trials
…shame to graft hardy Russian pears on other pear rootstock, only to have the tree die because the roots weren’t hardy in a test winter. Siberian pear takes -50F with…
Read More1988-89 WINTER HARDINESS REPORT: Purvis
…Ure, Nova and Pioneer #3 pears on P. communis root stocks. The biggest disappointment was the Hudar pear acquired from St. Lawrence Nurseries in 1987. It grew vigorously in 1988,…
Read MoreFruit Performance Summary for Anchorage and Hope
…also has noted that ‘Summercrisp’ grows equally well on European or Ussurian pear rootstocks. Erik Simpson showed me his two pears, an ‘Arganche’ and a ‘Peter’s Sugar Pear’, both…
Read MoreVISIT TO ST. LAWRENCE NURSERIES
…stock. He had an unusually large number of failures in grafting new trees of Nova’ pear onto Pyrus communis rootstocks from Lawyer Nursery this past spring. I described the problems…
Read MoreWhy Fruit Trees Fail to Bear
…pollinate one another. Plant a pollinating variety such as Black Tartarian or Republican, Stella, Van, or a sour cherry such as Montmorency nearby. Pear. Many varieties of pears are completely…
Read MoreFRUIT GROWING IN MINNESOTA- FIRST IMPRESSIONS
…commented that apple and pear trees suffer more injury in extreme cold in the heartwood of the tree than to the twigs, flower buds, and leaf buds. By contrast, stone…
Read MoreOverwintering Fruit trees in Alaska 1988
During the winters of 1986 and 1987 and 1987 to 1988 I overwintered in pots, a number of apple, pear, plum, apricot, and sweet and tart cherry trees. The decision…
Read MoreHood River Tour
…– 5 varieties of apple, 5 varieties of pear, 2 types of plums, and a bin of asian pears. Then there were the other items lining the walls – jams…
Read MoreA partial list of “summer” apple and crabapple varieties suitable for trials in Southeast Alaska
…– – – 3 Akane Jonathan X Worehester Pearmin Japan 1937 LA K Y P 4 Akero – Sweden? 1759 J-A – – P 5 Aidwick Beauty – England LA…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Cottage Grove, Minnesota – 2001
…did pretty well this summer. My tree of Summercrisp pear suffered fatal winter trunk injury, but my Concorde (which no one knows its hardiness) pear survived our -30F with no…
Read MoreORCHARD REPORT, June 3, 1995 – Fairbanks
…JUBILEE APPLE U JUBILE PEAR B KANDIL KITAIKA B KELSEY B KERR B KEER ROSYBLOOM KITAIKA ZOLOTAIA…
Read MoreFRUIT GROWING IN ALASKA vs. WASHINGTON
…to neutral; the soils wore fertile, with no mineral elements in short supply and few rocks. The soils were rather heavy, with a high clay content but the apple, pear,…
Read MoreNursery Tour
…and in the grounds around the house. The Gilberts specialize in many types of fruits from Russia, not just your common apple, pear, or stone fruits. Their goal is to…
Read MoreCider: some definitions
…the following: A) INGREDIENTS The liquid content before fermentation must consist entirely of non-pasteurized apple (Cider), or pear (Perry) juice. No apple or pear juice concentrates to be used. Normally,…
Read MoreESTABLISHING BENCH GRAFTS — SOME LESSONS LEARNED
…shown that pears are much more subject to transplant shock than apples. Therefore, if you want to try grafting and growing some summer pears, consider buying your pear rootstocks and…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE SURVIVAL RECORD, WINTER 1989 -1990 FAIRBANKS ALASKA
…following had 40% kill: Apples: Chestnut crab. Douglas Wormless, Empire, Jeffris. Liberty, Mantel, Quinte, Red June and Tydeman Red. Stone fruits & misc.: Pipestone plum, John pear, Nova pear, Russian…
Read MoreANNUAL ALASKAN-GROWN APPLE TASTING
…the apples. We tasted 31 varieties of apples, a dozen repeats of these same varieties, two varieties of pear, and one each apricot and plum. The highest- rated apples this…
Read More1998 ORCHARD REPORTS
…to pollinate itself. There were no pear blossoms this year. I bought a few apple trees this year and a couple of them fruited – Wynochee Early, Apricot, Pristine and…
Read MoreCold injury to fruit trees a big concern
…is genus- and variety-dependent: peach, minus 10˚ F; cherry, minus 15˚ F; apple and pear, minus 25˚ F to minus 30˚ F. “There is not as much information on shoot/leaf…
Read MoreTHE HAINES FRUIT SEASON
…job. Many of my trees bloomed for the first time, including my ‘Summer Crisp’ pear and ‘Mt. Royal’ plum. Since my other pear tree, Hudar’ did not bloom, none of…
Read MorePREPARING TREES FOR WINTER
…of apple or pear, and, as such, they seem more vulnerable to injury from drying winds than those of apple or pear. The best time to apply Wilt-Pruf would be…
Read MoreSPRING ORCHARD REPORT FROM CLAIR LAMMERS
…The coldest temperature last winter was -30°F, on Nov. 19 and again on Feb. 14. Snow cover was 18-20 inches. I count 41 pear varieties, 28 apricots, 46 plums, about…
Read MorePREPARING TOUR FRUIT TREES FOR WINTER
…crabapple, pear, and mountain ash trees because of their thin bark. White plastic tree guards applied in early October and removed in early May are the best source of protection…
Read More1998 ORCHARD REPORTS
…year ever”. I ripened 93 varieties of apples for a total of 1239 pounds, 8 varieties of plums for 67 pounds, 5 varieties of pear for 16 pounds, 4 varieties…
Read MoreREVISED SURVIVAL FOR WINTER 1995-1996
…D Patterson Patterson ´ Sweet Siberian Patton D Peace Garden Pear 2 D Pembina Pepin Katrina S Pepinka Litovska D Peppin Katrinka S Percy D Perfection…
Read MoreTART-CHERRY AND PLUM OBSERVATIONS
…them (after a profuse bloom and initial fruit set); the Ptitsin #5 and 9, Superior, Redcoat, Waneta, Pobeda, Hanska, and Kahinta, none. The Underwood plum acted like pear tree—it pull…
Read MoreNEW CHALLENGES FOR APFGA FOUNDER
…Red and Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Braeburn, Fuji, and now Pink Lady. We have 18 acres of Bings and Rainiers, 9 acres of Red Clapp Favorite pears, and Bose,…
Read MoreORCHARD REPORT – Interior Summer 1995
…Kitaika 9/8 September Ruby 9/9 *Gold Egg 9/9 Red Siberian 9/9 *Renoun Crab 9/10 *Anoros 9/10 *Jubilee pear 9/12 *Alexis 9/12 *Mac (Gore St.) 9/12 *Creamy Kitaika 9/16 Diebel 9/16…
Read MoreREVISED RESULTS OF ALASKAN APPLE- TREE CENSUS, Feb. 5, 1995 —by Dwight Bradley
…529 2 1 Morden 538 2 1 Morden Ruby 5 2 Morris 2 1 Moscow Pear 1 1 Mystery #1 2 1 Nerchinsk 8 1 New Summer Scarlet 1 1…
Read MoreSoutheast Apple Tasting 1997
…X X X Pear flavor 6 2 Ginger Gold G M H W X X X 6 3 Wynoocbe Early G/R L H W X X X Berry flavor…
Read MoreFRUIT TREES IN INTERIOR ALASKA
…in. The workshop was set for mid-April of 1988. Bob arrived in Fairbanks with a box full of apple and pear rootstocks, scionwood, wax, knives, and a genuine desire…
Read MoreJoe Orsi’s Summer Apple List
… 4 Breaky Calvilie Rouge Seedling Canada 1960 MA 5 Carroll Melba ´ Moscow Pear Seedling – LJ-MA 6 Coles Quince – ME 1849 Sum …
Read MoreANOTHER VISIT TO THE WHITEHORSE GARDENS
…‘Peter’ pear were doing well as were the ‘following plums: ‘Bounty’, ‘Northern’, ‘Dandy’, ‘Brookred’ and ‘Pembina’. The following plants had top dieback: ‘Brookgold’ plum, ‘Ptitsin #5’ plum, Japanese plum, and…
Read MoreMORE THOUGHTS ON STAKING
…First, the subject of the staking efforts was not pear trees, but ‘Blushing Gold’ apple trees. Second, the poles which the Sundquist orchard foreman. Gene Cox, used for staking were…
Read MoreSTAKING BENEFICIAL FOR FRUIT TREES
…December 1989, I toured the Sundquist Orchard which adjoins that of Dan Whitney. Gene Cox, the orchard foreman showed me that the pear trees grown with support for the central…
Read MoreNews from Fairbanks, 1988
…good rootstock to try on pears. They might cause the pears to mature the wood faster, cause a dwarfing effect, and cause the pears to bear earlier. Hawthorn’s might make…
Read MoreSURVIVAL OF FRUIT TREES IN DELTA JUNCTION 1988-89
…????. All five of our manchurian plum rootstocks survived, but two ‘Bradshaw’ grafts on the above rootstocks died. One ‘Ure’ pear survived, but a Ussurian graft on it…
Read MoreApple tasting 1988
…year’s crop. The “Norcue”, as of October 17th, was crisp and somewhat like eating a good Bartlett pear. “Norcue” is the earliest ripening, hardiest and smallest of the 6 Beaverlodge…
Read MoreFALL ORCHARD REPORT FROM DAVE CRUSEY
…dieback last winter, which was moderate). Two cherries — Kristan and Mesabi — died at age two. Other trees include some small crabs, Ure pear, Manchurian walnut, sugar maple, burr…
Read MoreRock Powder is the Basis for Soil Fertility
…in Alaska, yet many of us have felt thwarted by the elements. My favorite (apple, pear, apricot ) won’t grow here, we lament and we are amazed at the newly-established…
Read MoreANNUAL TASTING OF ALASKA- GROWN APPLES
…rated the apples. We tasted 31 varieties of apples, a dozen repeats of these same varieties, two varieties of pear, and one each apricot and plum. The highest-rated apples this…
Read MoreOrchard Report
…cherries set. My two Northstars (still in pots) from One Green World are dead without hope. My Kraznobkaya pear in the ground had serious dieback, but the ones in pots…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit — Avocado
…trees are partially self-fertile, and like apples are propagated by grafting to maintain predictability in the fruit. The rough, green-skinned, pear shaped fruit is botanically classified as a berry, and…
Read MoreBook Reviews January 2001
…was once described as “special agrotechnical interventions.” Training and Pruning Apple and Pear Trees, Forshey et al, 1992, 166 pages. This is an excellent book – easy to read…
Read MoreFrom the Editor’s Garden
…front lawn had no difficulties. The cherry set was miniscule on all the trees. The Shipovas, a natural mountain ash / pear cross out of eastern Europe, also died back…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Edmonton – 2001
…picked. Tree fruits caught all of us by surprise. This was one of the very few years where absolutely no winter damage was noted. Apples, pears, plums and apricots…
Read MoreSWEATING IT OUT WITH TOKA
…Dan Lawyer, one of the officers of the corporation, spoke about a condition called “overdormancy” into which pear and plum trees sometimes slide, in which it is almost impossible to…
Read MoreNutrient Requirements of Fruit Production
…cultivars. Pears in particular may need extra amounts of K to set fruit. Potassium also helps promote frost resistance in blooms and is necessary in the maturation process of woody…
Read MoreMember Fruit Updates
Alice Brewer finally got some beautiful little pears off her pear tree Bob Purvis gave her years ago. Neither Alice Brewer nor Lawrence Clark had apricots produce this year….
Read MoreOrchard Report: EAST ANCHORAGE—Kevin Irvin
…the 3rd week of September. ‘Gold Spice’ pear did ripen in time for the tasting. My ‘Valiant’ grape set quite a few clusters however they didn’t ripen on the vine…
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