2020 - End May grafted more Sierra scions on Summercrisp (1) e-n branch 2nd tier (2) n bottom tier (3) top. All, old and new, grew well, vigorous, healthy. Will graft 2 more next year, turning Summercrisp over to mainly Sierra, leaving a few originals for pollination.

Online Notes: (BC rpt) pick Sept 15-Oct 10. Skin smooth thin yellowish green. Flesh smooth fine very sweet juicy. Very productive. ... similar to Bartlett but generally of finer quality. Does not scab easily. (ars-grin) fairly vigorous tree with initially upright, then spreading and even drooping branches. The tree comes into fruiting early, and bears fairly regular and heavy crops. The framework and fruit spurs are hardy, considerably more so than those of Bartlett, and slightly hardier than Anjou. Requires fairly heavy pruning to avoid development of long and drooping branches. Normally the fruit set is heavy; thus early and careful fruit thinning is necessary. Fruit is large to very large. skin is thin, tender, smooth, green at picking, and turning yellow-green when fruit is eating ripe. flesh is juicy, very fine, smooth, with no or very few grit cells. The flavor is sweet and outstanding in quality. can be ripened to good condition soon after picking, and it keeps at 31 F until February. To reduce shrivel of skin, polyethylene liners are necessary in storage boxes., good canned product with mild flavor.