Re: [nafex] Northern Blackberries

I have tried all blackberries that I could find offered for sale
from catalogs and while a few were both hardy and productive, all were
very susceptible to fungi. One variety, Thibodaux was worthy but
needed to be buried under the snow to thrive.

SO, I developed my own to be super hardy, quite productive, disease
resistant, and even grows in the filtered sunlight among pine trees.

-----------------------------------------From: "James Snow [KDHE]"
To: "jimfruth@charter.net"
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday October 16 2018 8:51:33AM
Subject: Northern Blackberries

Hello. My name Is James Snow. I see you are the NAFEX interest group
leader for Rubus for the north. I have been interested in growing
blackberries in Kansas. The few kinds I have grown seem to have lots
of winter kill. I am currently looking at gathering hardy blackberry
varieties for trial and possible breeding here. Kansas is challenging
as it gets both very hot in summer and very cold in winter. It seems
many of the very hardy blackberry varieties are hard to locate. I have
tried to find "Illini Hardy" with no success. Do you have any
experience with "Nelson" or "Stenulson". Any recomondations?
Also do you have any experience with wild "Rubus Canadensis" the
Canada Smooth Blackberry, Thornless? Thanks

-James
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Re: [nafex] Sweet European fruit

Andy Mariani grows some Mirabelle in CA. I don't think he ships them fresh,
though, and they don't seem to dry well.
https://andysorchard.com/harvest-calendar

If you're interested in trees, Arboreum sells some.
https://arboreumco.com/collections/european-plums

Megan Lynch
http://www.meganlynch.net
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[nafex] Sweet European fruit

I recently sampled Mirabelle plums and Buerre Hardy pears.  Both are
incredibly sweet and luscious.

Are they available in N America, perhaps under different names?

Betsy Hilborn

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Re: [nafex] pear question

Jim,

How would you trace its origin?

--Henry

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Subject: Re: [nafex] pear question
To: "'Henry [treehugger53ah@yahoo.com], mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Monday, October 8, 2018, 7:37 PM



    Henry,

    I have a HUGE pear
tree too. I don't remember the variety and it
doesn't make any difference. I'd bet it
is the same variety as yours
and, if I absolutely had to, I'd bet
that I could trace its origin and
name.

   
-----------------------------------------From: "Henry via
nafex"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc: "Henry"
Sent: Monday October 8 2018 4:28:46PM
Subject: [nafex] pear question

There is a large pear tree in the
former pasture behind the farm in
Dakota County, Minnesota.

Its trunk is about 40 inches in
diameter. It towers above the other
trees around it.

The beautiful display of white flowers
got my attention this spring.

The fruit are a couple inches long,
pear shaped and green when they
fall from the tree. Hard but tasty.

It does not match callery pear nor
Ussurian pear.

Any way to figure what kind of pear we
have?

--Henry Fieldseth
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Re: [nafex] pear question

Henry,

I have a HUGE pear tree too. I don't remember the variety and it
doesn't make any difference. I'd bet it is the same variety as yours
and, if I absolutely had to, I'd bet that I could trace its origin and
name.

-----------------------------------------From: "Henry via nafex"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Cc: "Henry"
Sent: Monday October 8 2018 4:28:46PM
Subject: [nafex] pear question

There is a large pear tree in the former pasture behind the farm in
Dakota County, Minnesota.

Its trunk is about 40 inches in diameter. It towers above the other
trees around it.

The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring.

The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they
fall from the tree. Hard but tasty.

It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear.

Any way to figure what kind of pear we have?

--Henry Fieldseth
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Re: [nafex] nafex Digest, Vol 222, Issue 1

Henry, it is unlikely you will find an answer with a simple description
like this, although the location of the pear may be your best lead- if
there is any information of what varieties were grown in your region over a
century ago (you could ask the librarian of the land grant university in
your state if there is any literature on the subject). In the end, the
chances are good that it is a seedling, in which case it is whatever you
want to call it.

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[nafex] pear question

There is a large pear tree in the former pasture behind the farm in Dakota County, Minnesota.

Its trunk is about 40 inches in diameter. It towers above the other trees around it.

The beautiful display of white flowers got my attention this spring.

The fruit are a couple inches long, pear shaped and green when they fall from the tree. Hard but tasty.

It does not match callery pear nor Ussurian pear.

Any way to figure what kind of pear we have?

--Henry Fieldseth
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