Perry pears

[b116757]

Anyone have any perry pear varieties their growing and if you do how are they doing for you?

 

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I forgot who I gave my little gin pear to. Grafted easily, grew well. Even if I wasn't going to make perry or use to sweeten hard cider up, it had a nice drop time anyways.

Dropped the hard cider craze 2 years ago. Stuff was burning my stomache up. Alot of tannin and acid. Might do Applejack though.

 

[Telemark]

I tried to grow perry pears on Callery. They're alive but not thriving. Make sure you get a good rootstock for them. I will cut scions this winter and graft them onto whatever is most compatible.

 

[Charles Clear]

I bought a scion from somewhere, maybe Cummins, of a perry pear called Butt. Butt pear. I still snicker when I say it. I grafted it onto a wild Callery and it is thriving but has not produced yet. Honestly, I think I only bought it for the name, but will make perry someday when it produces.

 

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Telemark,

You still on your callery crusade up there? Bought 2 onx87's to replace a home Depot bought bartlett and Kieffer. Probably make 1 Kieffer and the other Olympic. Bought an Olympic on onx87's from mehrabyan in Ithaca NY last spring. I pruned them to make a central leader, and they just puked shoots from below. Seems the pruning shears pump the brakes on growth on pears. Maybe I made them leader-less with my pruning. Gotta leave one leader completely alone or something like that.

 

[Telemark]

Telemark,

You still on your callery crusade up there? Bought 2 onx87's to replace a home Depot bought bartlett and Kieffer. Probably make 1 Kieffer and the other Olympic. Bought an Olympic on onx87's from mehrabyan in Ithaca NY last spring. I pruned them to make a central leader, and they just puked shoots from below. Seems the pruning shears pump the brakes on growth on pears. Maybe I made them leader-less with my pruning. Gotta leave one leader completely alone or something like that.

Yeah, big time. I should have an update soon after things go dormant.

I'm still not really good with understanding compatibility with pears. Here in Europe they use quince rootstock. I see a lot of conflicting information online.

 

[b116757]

My understanding was quince root stock was the most dwarfing for pears

 

[homerj]

Have you guys talking about perry tried it? I've had a couple kinds and found it to be undrinkable (IME)

 

[Telemark]

Have you guys talking about perry tried it? I've had a couple kinds and found it to be undrinkable (IME)

Yes, I love it.

What kind did you have?

 

[homerj]

Yes, I love it.

What kind did you have?

I've had 3-4 kinds. It's been years since I tried it, don't remember the names. You must be a fan of real champagne and super dry white wines too?

 

[Telemark]

I've had 3-4 kinds. It's been years since I tried it, don't remember the names. You must be a fan of real champagne and super dry white wines too?

I love Champagne, but I usually drink Crement de Bourgogne because it costs a lot less. I also use Champagne yeast when brewing ciders sometimes.

 

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MY intention for pears was to sweeten up hard cider. Regular pears are high in sorbitol. It's a sweetener that does not ferment. So you keep some sugar in the cider.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

I love Champagne, but I usually drink Crement de Bourgogne because it costs a lot less. I also use Champagne yeast when brewing ciders sometimes.

Same with the champagne yeast. I made some of the best hard cider years ago. People raved about it. Now I just need my trees to start producing. Idk how many trees I have now. I think about half have been in the ground for 4 years now. The other half are very young. A few of the trees produced onesies twosies that birds ended up getting. Pears have been producing decent. Not enough for Perry, but enough to jar, make fruit leather and dehydrate.