SC - Rice in period?

[DianaFiona@aol.com]

On the pear topic : has anyone else tried LaConte pears ? They are by far the
best
I ever had . . .

Joseph L. Tolbert, Jr.
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Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 8/10/99 8:47:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > troy at asan.com writes:
> >
> > << (and we all
> >  know that non-French pear varieties aren't worth mentioning ;   >>
> >
> > Being French, myself I would tend to agree with you, except I have tasted
> > Fuji pears from Japan.
>
> Uh huh. I think a lot of the difference is about hybridization and less
> defensible genetic messing-around-with on the part of both American
> farmers and the people who ship our food. It is not in the best
> financial interest to produce an exemplary pear in the USA. If those
> conditions applied elsewhere (and more often than not, they do) the
> produce of that locale would be no better than ours (and more often than
> not, it isn't).
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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