Gin pear
Gin is an English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
Gin pear identification images
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USDA identification images for Gin
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Pyrus communis - Pear
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Food uses: Hard cider
- Picking month: October
- Picking period: mid-October
- Specific gravity: 1052
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Bearing regularity: Biennial tendency
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 6 (-23C)
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 7 (-18C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Canker: Some resistance
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Gin pear trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Gin pear trees - Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Gin pear trees
References
- The Book of Pears (2015)
Author: Morgan
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