Black Pear

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Black Pear
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	black
Fruit shape	pear
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, paste, canner
Variety type	commercial, open-pollinated
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - ripe fruit. 2010-08-29.

B.C KO T

indet., potato leaf, high yield of brown/black oval to pear shaped tomatoes, 3-6 oz, very good strong smoky flavor, more acidic than sweet, juicy flesh. Not a dry paste tomato but still very good for sauce.

Seed Source 

Reimer Seeds / Linda Black of Fountain Valley, California (CA BL L) 08 / Sand Hill Preservation Center 05|2010}}

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., potato leaf plant, high yield of brownish red 4-6 oz pear fruit with good flavor.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Glenn Drowns of Calamus, Iowa (IA DR G) 97

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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KY ST M

6-8 oz brown with green shoulders, size and shape of a pear, sweet.

Source

Reimer Seeds

Year:

Location: Sonora, Kentucky

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CZEC GR V

Very fertile tomato with very good flavor.

Source

Reimer Seeds / J.A.O.Lopez (Baikal), Mallorca, Spain

Year:2014

Location: Czech republic, Brno, 780 ft

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History

• First introduced in the SSE 1997 Yearbook by Glenn Drowns, the owner of Sand Hill Preservation Center , who obtained the seed from Suzanne Ashworth, the author of Seed to Seed book, who acquired it from Moldova.
• Offered commercially by Sand Hill Preservation Center in 1998.

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Russian name: Чёрная Груша

The name means 'Black Pear' in Russian.

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Description in Russian

• Среднеспелый сорт. Вегетационный период от всходов до спелости 110-115 дней. Куст высокорослый, высотой 135-150см. Плоды грушевидной формы, гладкие, плотные, коричнево-бордовой окраски, массой 50-80г, хорошего вкуса. Сорт ценится за высокую урожайность и оригинальную форму плодов. Используется для потребления в свежем виде и цельноплодного консервирования.

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Also known as

• Chyornaya Grusha,
  
• Grusha Chernaya,
  
• Grusha Chyornaya,
  
• Grousha Tcheornaya,
  
• Beduin

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Similar to

• Japanese Trifele Black,
  
• Yaponskiy Trufel

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - plant. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - flowers. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - flowers. 2010-07-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - baby fruit. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - baby fruit. 2010-07-13.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – baby fruits. 2014-07-01.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – green fruits. 2014-07-14.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – green fruits. 2014-07-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - ripe fruit. 2010-08-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Black Pear - sliced fruit. 2010-08-29.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – ripe fruits. 2014-08-20.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – ripe and sliced fruits. 2014-08-11.

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  Vladimir Gross. Black Pear – sliced fruits. 2014-08-23.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Heirloom Tomatoes Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	.	.
2013	Delectation of Tomatoes - new Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Tomatoes Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit - new	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2012 Tomato Growers Supply *	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds -new Heirloom Tomatoes Knapp's Fresh Vegies Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply * TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit	8	4
2010	Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Tomatoes Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	7	2
2009	Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Tomatoes Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest - new	7	.
2008	Gourmet Seed International Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	5	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	8	.