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Tommoz starts with ... Hood [Very Early] 160-260 chill hours. Tree: Upright vigorous, spreading, more vigorous than Flordahome. Large oval ovate leaf, very small rounded serrations. Fruit: Large, round oval with dehisced calyx. Skin and flesh: Smooth, yellow-green. Buttery flesh with few grit cells, sweet, mild pear flavour, breakdown from core. Flordahome (Hood x Tenn) [Very Early] 160-260 chill hours. Tree: Upright with short branches, smaller than Hood. Large ovate leaf with attenuate tip, small rounded serrations. Fruit: Medium small, obtuse pyriform. Skin and flesh: Attractive, light green. Smooth, tender, melting, very juicy flesh, few grit cells around small core, good pear flavour. FLA 58-45 [Very Early] Tree: Medium vigour. Large long oval leaf with attenuate tip, almost no serrations. Fruit: Medium large, oval with persistent calyx. Skin and flesh: Red blush on russet. High aroma and flavour, slightly coarse, medium grit, tart, medium sweet, small core. FLA 57-75 [Very Early] Tree: Moderate vigour. Large ovate leaf with small neat serrations. Fruit: Small to medium, round turbinate with calyx. Skin and flesh: Smooth with light red blush. Good texture and flavour, best of these three,sweet, medium core, few grit cells. FLA 39-40 [Very Early] Tree: Medium vigour. Long ovate leaf with small pointed serrations. Fruit: Small medium, oval with calyx. Skin and flesh: Green with slight blush. Medium tender, white flesh, small core, good texture, few grit cells, good flavour. Corella [Early Bloom, Late Harvest] Fairly low chill. Probably a seedling of Forelle. Tree: Moderate vigour, upright. Smallish oval leaf with attenuate tip, dull dark green, very small serrations. Fruit: Obtuse pyriform, small. Skin and flesh: Greeny yellow base with red over half the surface or more. Tender, soft, white flesh, juicy with some flavour. Forelle [Early Bloom, Late Harvest] Low chill. Originally from Germany. Tree: Medium vigour, strong upright, spur bearing. Small oval leaf with attenuate tip, curls back, very small serrations. Skin and flesh: Green with a red blush, attractive, speckled with pronounced lenticels, marks very easily. Good quality, delicate, sweet, bit coarse. Fruit: Small to medium, needs NAA against fruit drop. Some other types are Doyenné Du Comice, Keiffer, Magness, Orient, Southern Bartlett, Southern King and Baldwin. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/120217/european-pear-varieties.pdf | About the Author Tommoz Dural 10th August 2014 7:06am #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Original Post was last edited: 27th September 2014 8:49pm | |
Tommoz says... I am trying Doyenné Du Comice and Beurré Superfin; varieties supposed to have overlapping blooms and low-medium chill. But it is marginal. If you want true European pears I think these two are your best bet. Hopefully I'll be able to report on their success. Got them from Heritage Fruit Trees. | About the Author Tommoz Dural 28th September 2014 11:37am #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Chris Sydney 28th September 2014 1:35pm #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tommoz says... Heritage listed it as low chill and I read somewhere else as well that it is low, but that finding a suitable low chill pollinator for it was the hard part. Most sources do indeed list its chill at around 600. I'm chancing it somewhat, but anyway this year I got 61 chill portions (not sure how many chill hours that is but it is a lot). BTW, are you sure you have a golden goose feijoa and not a silver one? | About the Author Tommoz Dural 28th September 2014 6:57pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 28th September 2014 7:33pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Chris Sydney 28th September 2014 9:57pm #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tommoz says... Yes I saw the NSW DPI info on Doyenné Du Comice.That is just standard information. People are discovering that a lot of so-called high chill apples can be grown in low chill areas. Heritage sells about 20 european pear cultivars and only this one was listed as suitable for low chill. I'm quite sure you will find you have a white goose feijoa, not a golden one as you originally claimed in another thread. Even I got confused thinking there was a silver goose feijoa. Heck I might need a drink of Grey Goose the way I'm going. | About the Author Tommoz Dural 28th September 2014 11:11pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Chris says... Yes, I know about the apples. I'm waiting on several here to prove that hypothesis. Several NZ sites also mention the Doyenne du Comice as needing high chill to set fruit. I'll be the first to go and plant one if you have success. Given that they can be slow to produce fruit it may be a wait. | About the Author Chris Sydney 29th September 2014 9:46am #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |