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 Perry Bosc Pear Chinese pear Chinese White Pear Choke pear Conference pear D'Anjou Endicott Pear Tree European Pear Harovin Sundown Le Conte pear Pêra Rocha Stinking Bishop pear Warden pear Williams pear Species P. amygdaliformis P. anatolica P. armeniacifolia P. boissieriana P. bourgaeana P. calleryana P. communis P. elaeagrifolia P. hakkiarica P. nivalis P. oxyprion P. pyrifolia P. salicifolia P. serikensis P. ussuriensis Natural hybrids Pyrus × bretschneideri Pyrus × sinkiangensis Pyrus × phaeocarpa Pyrus × serrulata Category