Happi Pear® (HW624)
The sweet taste and exceptional disease tolerance of Happi Pear® makes it a favourite of consumers and growers alike.
HW624 is licensed to Stemilt Growers and the Associated International Group of Nurseries. If you are interested in a sub-license to grow, sell, pack, market or process HW624 pears, please contact:
Patricia Bowlby, Stemilt Growers
email patricia.bowlby@stemilt.com
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Background
Developed by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, this pear stood out in Vineland evaluations for its exceptional resistance to disease pressures that threaten the vitality of the fresh pear market. Further testing showed that its sweet, citrusy taste was loved by consumers locking in its place for a branded variety launch.
Product Overview
Characteristics
- Medium to large sized fruit
- average fruit diameter – 70mm (2.75in)
- average fruit weight – 200g
- Harvest Date: approximately ten days after Bartlett
- Fruits are yellow-green with a large area of dark red over colour when exposed to sunlight at harvesting time
- Skin is medium-thick
- Flesh is cream to cream-white
- Slight acidic taste
- Some grit around the medium sized core
- Fruit stalk is thin
- No russetting around the eye basin, on the cheeks, or around the stalk attachment.
Benefits
- Cultivar has medium to strong vigour; consistently produced yields similar to Bartlett, with no evidence of biennial bearing
- Strong branching with spreading to drooping habit
- Planting of other pear cultivars within the same block of HW624 is strongly recommended to improve pollination
- High tolerance to fire blight and pear psylla.
Accordion
Canada PBR #4402
– US Plant Patent PP28,336
– European Union A202103849 (application)
Licensees, grower, packers, marketers, propagators
Granted.
February 1, 2014
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