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Nova Pear
unknown seedling ~ introduced by St.Lawrence Nursery NY
branch graft 2018 on Summercrisp first fruit 2024 (other grafts died in 2020 fireblight)
rootgraft on chokepear seedling
2020, NEorchard
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Tree is spreading, low vigor, precocious. Fruit is large, round, melting, and juicy, of good quality, and may be used either green or ripe. Hardy to about -45F ... Late Summer. Large yellow roundish dessert pear with melting juicy flesh. smooth creamy texture and a thin skin. Wonderful dessert pear. Also the best canning, Holds its shape in the jar. Very hardy, though not quite as hardy as Patten. Z3. Sister seedling of Hudar. (SLN) Our best pear, named after our daughter, Nova. Found growing on the Hudar farm in Hammond, NY. 2024 - Grafted another scion midway up the (SummerCrisp) tree on south side. Original graft had a blossom and, to my surprise, a fruit!! Branch healthy, leaves look different than others. 9/28 while gazing intently at the nicely grown fruit to determine if there was any change in color - seemed like a bit but couldn't really tell, more sooty and russet than green. Felt it gently and it came off in my hand. 2 1/2" x 2 1/4" nice size roundish fruit. Put on counter for four days and it turned yellower. 10/2 ate - very good! Very sweet, smooth texture, easy to eat skin. Think I'll graft over Patten rootgrafted seedling to Nova next spring. 2023 - Branch on Summercrisp looking good, healthy though Sierra (most of the tree) was infested with blister mites. Nova had 5 blooms! But no fruit - likely because of mid-20's freeze when full bloom. Grafted another Nova on a short trunk-branch above this main one since this is the only Nova I have now. 2022 - Graft on usseriensis rootstock #5 doing poorly, cut off. Will regraft something next year. Rootstock good. Branch on Summercrisp doing fine, no issues, no blooms. NOrch Rootgraft healthy, slow but steady growth. 2021 - Cut down badly damaged, dying Stacey Pear, including all remaining grafts. Graft on Summercrisp doing fine. On ussr5 just hanging on. Rootgraft in north orchard healthy, slow but steady growth.
2020 -
Terrible fireblight year. #1) Stacey '18 - graft had some fb but did OK for
quite awhile (Stacey badly infected, lost other
grafts). Rootgrafted scion cut from usser5 graft onto small chokepear seedling growing in nursery. Had healthy growth. Planted in west end NEOrchard.
2019 -
#1 Stacey - short growth, healthy // #2 summercrisp - no new growth
but healthy, many dark leaves 2018 - did 4 grafts, all took.#1 - (stacey) Good 5" growth tip +3 side buds, healthy #2 - (summercrisp) Strong 5" tip + 3" side +2 buds, healthy #3 - (chokepear) 3" tip + 1 bud #4 - (usser5) Vigorous growth, grafted fairly low, thigh high main shoot plus buds. Let be 2nd trunk? Online Notes: [hft-ca] z4 can. a sizeable pear with a thin yellow skin and shape that is that of a typical pear but a little rounder with more meat on it. The flesh is juicy and has a silky texture that seems to melt in the mouth. It is among the very best dessert pears but is equally suitable for canning. The pear hangs on the tree well through ripening and is ready for harvest around mid-September. It can be used both green and ripe ...tree is good grower that fruits reliably and with excellent yields. The tree tends towards a smaller and more spreading form ...(bernie-central alberta) (paraphrased) z3a-can - topworked an old hardy pear with Nova, Hudar, Harrow Delight, Alexander, Moonglow, Anjou. A test winter cold -40F 3x. All died. Previously survived -35F.
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