Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@ldwgf @AbundanceYork @OrchardNotes @ProjectOrchard 1/ Our climate in the US Pacific Northwest not too different to yours. There are several excellent, freely-available guides online, in the US.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 16 Oct 2023

@Kuwadanouen 1/ Here in the USA, farmers focus on about twenty, key Asian pear varieties. Our most popular equivalent to 'Yukata', seen here, today, is 'Korean Giant' (P. pyrifolia x P. ussuriensis) also known as 'Dan Bae' or 'Olympic'. This 2lb specimen will store for about five months.

Nick, smiling, holding a Korean Giant Asian pear next to his head for comparison.
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Nick, smiling, holding a Korean Giant Asian pear next to his head for comparison.

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Quoted by5/ We're resolutely supporting grassroots uptake of Asian pears and with that, in effect, deep ecumenicism's eco-cultural cornerstone - planetary biodiversity as a 'greater assimilative space' of peaceful promise and power. A cocoon of holy reconciling spinning itself into being.