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Pear Interest Group
The NAFEX Southern Pear Interest Group now has forty members and includes
people in an area from just South of the Canadian border to Central Mexico. Our
group includes a membership that varies from the novice fruit grower to the
commercial orchardist. We are at present working on a project that will
determine the best pear cultivars for every member in our group, wherever they
are located. We publish a quarterly newsletter and have no dues. We do request
that our members contribute to our newsletters with grower's reports, and
solicit any questions they may have about growing pears. Someone in our group
can provide answers to most any growing problem.
We are presently testing many local pears growing in the Southern USDA zones
of the country in search of good low chill cultivars. These pears will then be
tested by the Northern growers to see if they will produce in colder areas. Our
primary challenge is to locate superior cultivars for the Southern Pear growers.
I first agreed to chair this group since there was no active pear group in
NAFEX at the time. I have since found that there is much interest in growing
pears throughout the country and invite you to join our group.
Contact Information:
Travis J. Callahan
15102 Lindsay Drive, Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: 318-893-9134
E-mail: teecee2--AT-bellsouth.nett
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/ccduster/page3.htm Pear Bulletin Board: http://www.geocities.com/ccduster/page10.htm
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