Description
A delectable high quality upright tree. This early season, fresh eating Pear ripens 6 days before Bartlett and is also good for canning. The fruit is of excellent quality with attractive, large to very large, juicy, smooth, buttery, sweet & orange-red blushed with yellow flesh. Tree is No, is vigorous, is resistant to scab and is annually productive. Storage: a few months. It was found near Vancouver, Canada and RESCUED from demolition by Knox Nomura, 1975. Large green w/ beautiful red blush. Very flavorful with buttery sweet tart melting flesh when ripe. Vigorous tree and quite productive. USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-9.
Pear is drought tolerant. USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9.
Pears do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | PR6 |
|---|---|
| Variety: | Rescue |
| Common Name: | Pear |
| Latin Name: | Pyrus communis sativa |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Characteristics: | fresh, canning |
| Pollination: | No |
| Storage: | a few months |
| Other Common Names: | Common Pear, European Pear |
| Origin: | found near Vancouver, Canada and RESCUED from demolition by Knox Nomura, 1975 |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Height: | 15ft |
| Vigor: | yes |
| Hardiness: | 5-9 |
| Sun: | Full, Partial |
| Habitats: | Hedges, woodland margins |
| Soil Type: | Sand, Loam, Clay, Heavy Clay |
| Pollinated By: | Bees |
| Fruit: | of excellent quality with attractive, large to very large, juicy, smooth, buttery, sweet, orange-red blushed with yellow flesh |
| Season (Ripening): | early (6 days before Bartlett) |
| Production: | annual |
| Food Uses: | Fruit – raw or cooked. The flavor. ranges from rather harsh and astringent (cultivars used for making alcoholic drinks) through to soft, sweet and very juicy. The best dessert fruits have an exquisite sweet flavor., usually with a very soft flesh, whilst cooking varieties have harder less sweet flesh. |
| Other Uses: | A yellow-tan dye is obtained from the leaves. Wood – heavy, tough, durable, fine grained, hard. Used by cabinet and instrument makers. When covered with black varnish it is an excellent ebony substitute. |
| Disease Resistance: | scab |
| Sources: | pfaf.org wikipedia.org |
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