Cider Digest #0848

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Subject: Cider Digest #848, 18 February 2000 
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Cider Digest #848                                         18 February 2000 

                 Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Perry pears (PLawre1031@aol.com) 
  Cultivar Characteristics Online?  ("Roger Flanders") 

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Subject: Perry pears 
From: PLawre1031@aol.com 
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:03:23 EST 

I am located in the Williamette Valley some 50 miles south of Portland, Or.   
Could anyone direct me to  information on the growing and purchase of perry  
rootstock in the U.S.?  Is there anything currently published on perry pears  
and the process of making 'Perry'.  My web searching has turned up the  
Gillian@Grafton web site and nothing further. Pretty well written but I am  
interested in getting some trees. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

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Subject: Cultivar Characteristics Online?  
From: "Roger Flanders" <flanders@probe.net> 
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:20:59 -0600 

Has anyone run across a comprehensive directory of apple cultivars 
(preferably online) that attempts to provide numerical values for 
acidity, sugar content, and tannin levels?  The more I read, the more 
I'm finding the traditional labels of "sweet," "sharp," "bittersharp," 
"bittersweet," etc., confusing because different companies and authors 
sometimes classify the same cultivar in different categories, or use 
potentially ambiguous terms such as "mild subacid." 

(p.s. Thank you to those of you who responded directly to my request 
last month for cider cultivar suggestions for USDA region 5.  I would 
have thanked you more personally, but my e-mail system crashed, 
deleting your online addresses.) 
- --Rog Flanders, Nemaha County, Nebraska 

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