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PERRY PEARS ...we can custom graft your perry pear order in August 2012 for one year old whips ready for transplanting fall late October 2013

ASIAN PEARS    Nijiseiki on Pyrus ussuriensis rootstock one year old whips for fall late Oct 2012 

                          1-9 one year old WHIPS  $30.00 EACH         10 - 49 WHIPS  $25.00        50  WHIPS  $20.00     (may be combined with apple , plum , and tart cherry whips for quantity discounts)

Pears  should be spaced 16 – 20 feet apart and are vigorous trees. We are currently offering trees on OH97 and Pyrus ussuriensis rootstocks unless otherwise noted . Dwarf pears are unavailable at the present time.                    

CLAPPS FAVORITE    not available again until fall 2013  A large summer pear, pale green to yellowish with a dull red sunny side blush maturing to bright crimson. Flesh is creamy white, fine textured, tender and juicy, good flavor. The tree is vigorous, upright and spreading, productive, winter hardy, good in zone 4.  First raised by Thadeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusetts, around 1800. Best if harvested prior to becoming fully tree ripe to help  prevent core rot and the development of gritty stone cells.  

DEMPSEY       not available again until fall 2013  Originated near Trenton in Prince Edward County, Ontario Canada  and named for the director of that district of the Ontario Department of Agriculture prior to 1906, Mr. P.C. Dempsey. From a seed of Bartlett , fertilized with Duchess d’Angouleme. The tree is vigorous and productive. Fruit is large, smooth skinned yellowish green with brownish red cheek in sun; flesh is white, fine grained, tender, almost melting, sweet and delicious. Harvest late, in October.                    

HARDY     not available again until fall 2013   From Boulogne , France , dedicated to the director of the gardens at Luxembourg prior to 1900, Mr M. Hardy. A late pear medium sized, yellowish green with light brown russet and russet dots, flesh is buttery and juicy, white, fine grained, rich flavor, aromatic. Harvest October. Tree is vigorous and productive. Excellent dessert pear.   

FLEMISH BEAUTY ORDER NOW FOR FALL 2012 on standard Pyrus ussuriensis rootstock      Winter hardy Bartlett type reliable in zone 4 and of excellent quality. Discovered by Van Mons in East Flanders about 1810, quickly establishing itself as a leading European pear, and with Bartlett among the first imported pears to be planted in Ontario, particularly in the northern areas where Bartlett does not survive.    The fruit is large with light yellow skin patched with a sunny side brownish yellow; flesh is creamy white, buttery, juicy, rich, and sugary. Harvest September. 

LUSCIOUS ORDER NOW FOR FALL 2012 on standard Pyrus ussuriensis rootstock   A winter hardy fireblight resistant pear with a flavor similar to Bartlett . Small sized, good off the tree and particularly good for canning and preserves. Yellowish green, pick September, from South Dakota . Zone 3 

MAGNESS      not available again until fall 2013

NOVA     not available again until fall 2013       Winter hardy pear for Canada zone 3-4

NORTHERN  BARTLETT   not available again until fall 2013 A winter hardy pear developed in Northern Ontario as a Bartlett type with improved winter hardiness ( Bartlett pear does not usually survive long even in Canada zone 5 ); more information available soon      

PARKER ;     not currently in our collection  Winter hardy pear for Canada zone 3-4

 PATTEN        not currently in our collection Winter hardy pear for Canada zone 3-4

RITSON  not available again until fall 2013 [ A delicious dessert  pear, which is worthy of a place in every fruit garden; it is not surpassed for canning or for pickling, having an aroma and agreeable flavor. Quality: dessert very good to best; cooking very good. Origin: Oshawa , Ontario , with Mr. Wellington. In response to our inquiry, Mr. W.E. Wellington writes:- “ It was my grandmother Mrs. John Ritson, who planted the seeds from a pear which had been sent to her from Boston . The tree has always stood on my grandfather’s homestead as long as I can remember” The original tree is now of immense size, probably over 30 feet high, and about one hundred years old. ]

     This passage was taken directly from the report “ Fruits of Ontario , 1906” issued by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Today there are roads in this area, Wellington St. , and Ritson Rd. , named for these families.  The tree is a vigorous upright grower; fruit is medium sized, yellow skinned with a golden russeting and dotted darker russet; flesh is creamy white, fine, tender, juicy,buttery, sweet, perfumed. Harvest October.  

SUMMERCRISP    not available again until fall 2013       Another of the winter hardy zone 3 pears with fireblight  resistance. Perhaps the best of the hardy pears for fresh eating off the tree. From Minnesota 1986.    Small in size but tasty

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