Low chill pear (forum)

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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 Doyenn

Time: 10th August 2014 7:06am

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Tommoz says...
I am trying Doyenn

Time: 28th September 2014 11:37am

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Chris says...
Don't know about the second variety, but Doyenne du Comice is definitely a high chill variety.

Time: 28th September 2014 1:35pm

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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?

Time: 28th September 2014 6:57pm

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JohnMc1 says...
Over the past couple of years I've been grafting on cv's from memory, Berre Bosc, Corella, Packhams, Josephine, tropical, some red variety and four Nashi cv's including the tropical nashi in flower now, all on the one tree and all doing very well.


Time: 28th September 2014 7:33pm

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Markmelb says...
Has anyone tasted Lemon Bergamot Pear ?? - I grafted some onto my nashi - my Mum grew some seedlings now 3ft tall - she says they are very nice :}

Time: 28th September 2014 7:37pm

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Chris says...
If you check the NSW DPI they list it specifically as a high chill variety (they aren't in the business of selling trees!).
Re the feijoa, I will have to check the tag in the shed. It is a 'goose' of some sort.

John, do all your cv's set good crops of fruit every year?

Time: 28th September 2014 9:57pm

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Tommoz says...
Yes I saw the NSW DPI info on Doyenn

Time: 28th September 2014 11:11pm

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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.

Time: 29th September 2014 9:46am

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