Harovin Sundown

The Harovin Sundown pear (Pyrus communis L.) is an attractive late-season fresh market pear with good storage capability. It is highly productive with no biennial bearing. The tree has excellent resistance to fire blight (a bacterial disease incited by Erwinia amylovora). This new cultivar, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at its Research Centers in Harrow and Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada, is recommended by the Ontario Tender Fruit Producers' Marketing Board for general planting in Ontario. It is protected under Canadian Plant Breeders Rights legislation (application number 08-6315).^[1]

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Pyrus
Cultivars	Abate Fetel Bosc pear Choke pear Churchland pear Conference pear D'Anjou Endicott Pear Tree Harovin Sundown Huntington pear Le Conte pear Parsonage pear Pêra Rocha Stinking Bishop pear Taylor's gold Warden pear Williams pear
Species	P. amygdaliformis P. anatolica P. armeniacifolia P. boissieriana P. bourgaeana P. calleryana P. communis P. cordata P. elaeagrifolia P. hakkiarica P. nivalis P. oxyprion P. pashia P. pyraster P. pyrifolia P. salicifolia P. serikensis P. syriaca P. ussuriensis
Natural hybrids	Pyrus × bretschneideri Pyrus × sinkiangensis
Related topics	Herefordshire Pomona List of pear diseases Perry Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum World Apple and Pear Association
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