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Pears Breeding ,,% & Bosc Harrow Crisp -&&'"%!'-"%+-#'&*'" %%+%"*!&'%'&-"% &"*%(&!" & !'"%!$(%'!,,%*'''%&'%('"! ""*%(& "!'%'&)"% %"!!'"! Harovin Sundown Harrow Sweet Bartlett Harovin K-Gold Sundown Bartlett Bosc The Canadian Food Inspection Agency compared Harovin Sundown to other pear varieties and took these photographs. Note the large size, the blockiness and fullness at the neck, and the smooth finish of the Harovin Sundown. rootstocks, Sundown pear will produce marketable crops earlier and produce higher yields than standard Bartlett trees and over a longer term. The trees bloom late. The pears are described as very fine texture, medium to firm, juicy, and with a light red overcolor compared to Bartlett's pink red. The Sundown pear has high tolerance to fireblight with a rating of 9.5 out of 10, compared to Bartlett at 3 to 4. Yields of Sundown pear were 14 percent higher than Bartlett in field tests, and postharvest storage life exceeds three months. Ecker said the co-op plans to sell them from December through February. Harovin Sundown is a selection that was made in 1972 from a controlled cross between Bartlett and a numbered U.S. selection. But it was not named until 2008, when it was released by David Hunter, the pear breeder for Agri- culture and Agri-Food Canada's Vineland, Ontario, research station, where the pear was developed. The new pear made slow progress, despite growers' desire for a Bartlett-like, fireblight-resistant cultivar. It was selected and propagated in 1982, and test trees were put into regional trials in 1988. Things began to speed up when Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada—the USDA of Canada—helped to create the quasi-independent non- profit organization called the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in 2007. Its mission is to bring to mar- ket new horticultural varieties—and the Sundown pear is its first. Darlene Homonko, in the centre's business develop- ment office, said the idea was to create a "transitional body" between the plant breeders in the public sector and the commercial interests—growers and marketers— in the private sector. Royalty money and marketing fees from Sundown pear—and other new varieties as they come—will be funneled back to support further research. Until now, all new varieties developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada breeders have been open release. "This is the first agreement of its kind in Canada," Homonko said. • www.goodfruit.com MAF INDUSTRIES WILL BE AT THESE PACK EXPO SHOW September 26-28 2011 Booth # 7028 Las Vegas Nevada Convention Center Check online at www.PackExpo.com MAF AGROBOTIC FRANCE (33) 05 63 63 27 70 maf@maf-france.com MAF-RODA ITALIA SRL (39) 054 344 80 33 mafroda@mafroda.it ITALY MAF AGROBOTICA, S.A. DE C.V. (52) 667-760-6099 MEXICO carlos_sepulveda@hotmail.com •Bruce Ponder •Colleen Chastain •Adam Weil •Dave Weil TWO GREAT SHOWS! Come see us at these two events. Check out our displays and meet At Both See MAF PMA SHOW October 14-17 2011 Booth # 4227 Atlanta, Georgia Check online at www.FreshSummit.com MAF USA DISTRIBUTORS WANTED MAF INDUSTRIES - USA CALIFORNIA 559 897-2905 sales@mafindustries.com WASHINGTON STATE 509 574-8775 mafpnw1@aol.com EAST COAST Sales 315 587-4429 Cell 315 727-7102 EQUIMAVI S.A. CHILE (56) 252 10 339 equimavi@ntchile.net COLOUR VISION SYSTEM P/L (61) 03 5367 3155 cvs@cvs.com.au AUSTRALIA SPAIN RODA IBERICA (34) 962 40 30 11 rodamaf@rodamaf.e.telefonia.net CHINA MAF BEIJING OFFICE 0086-10-84603638/84603639 mafroda@caascose.net.cn We have the latest and most innovative technology to show you! GOOD FRUIT GROWER SEPTEMBER 2011 27 the Sales and Management Teams. Fresh Summit canadian food inspection agency