Selecting the Best Apples and Pears – Yes, Asian Pears Too!

Read this as you are listening to my podcast, “Selecting the Best Apples and Pears”. I will mention updates on this list that was created in 2009.

Apples – Not all apples do well in southern Nevada
and range from “best apple ever tasted” to “tasteless” depending on variety

Recommended dwarfing rootstock: M111; avoid extreme
dwarfing rootstocks due to fruit sunburn because of too much fruit exposure.

Top
Choice

·
Dorsett Golden – Early Season, yellow fruit

·
Pink Lady (Cripps Pink) – Late Season, red over green fruit

Notable
Mention

·
Anna – Early season

·
Einshemer – Early season

·
Fuji – Mid season

·
Gordon – Mid season

·
Mutsu (Crispin) – Mid season

·
White Winter Pearmain – Mid to late season

Under
Review

·
Akane

·
Arkansas Black

·
Asmead Kernel

·
Babe (Genetic Dwarf)

·
Gala

·
Granny Smith

·
Red Fuji

·
Scarlet Sentinel Columnar

·
Yellow Newton Pippen

Asian Pear – Performs surprisingly well in our
climate and we are currently working on increasing the size of the fruit

Recommended Rootstock:
OHxF333 but others have performed well

Under Review

· Chojuro

·
Hosui

· Kikusui

· Shinko

· Shinseiki

·
Tsu Li

·
Twentieth Century

· Ya Li

Pear, European – European pears do quite well in
taste but may not have the same visual appeal as commercially grown pears. Most
are “dessert” pears and grown for fresh eating.

Recommended Rootstock:
Many

Top Choice

· Kieffer – Salad pear, nicknamed “Jicama pear” with
flavor resembling an Asian pear, good for canning and baking and virtually pest
free

Honorable Mention

·
Bartlett

·
Monterrey

·
Red Bartlett

Under
Review

·
Bosc

·
California

·
Comice

·
D’Anjou

·
Hood

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