Re: Re[2]: Nashi Pear
- To: Deborah Lindsay
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: Nashi Pear
- From: r*
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:34:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that no, it definitely is not a quince. I
didn't mention either that in fall it's foliage turns bright yellow.
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Deborah Lindsay wrote:
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:33 -0700
> From: Deborah Lindsay <Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com>
> To: "medit-plants@ucdavis.edu" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Re[2]: Nashi Pear
>
> Hmmm, From your description, your tree could also be a Quince (Cydonia).
>
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> Subject: Re: Nashi Pear
> Author: rriedy@unm.edu
> Date: 9/28/99 10:52 AM
>
> I have a tree on my property that I have long suspected was some sort of
> Asian pear. The discussion on the Nashi pear again piques my interest as
> to what it might really be. The fruit is more pear shaped than apple
> like, yellow with an occasional pink blush. The big problem is that the
> fruit is as hard as a rock and never ripens, whether I pick it or leave it
> on the tree. If I pick it, after a month or two, suddenly it turns to
> mush. Left on the tree all winter (makes pretty Christmas ornaments
> especially when lightly dusted with snow), it eventually shrivels up and
> drops off. Nobody around here seems to know what it is and I haven't seen
> anything similar. I should mention the tree has been battling
> fire blight for at least the ten years I've been here.
>
