Volume 45 Number 3 Article 4
Year 1991 Month 7
Title: History of Pear Breeding in Tennessee
Authors: D.E. Deyton and J.C. Cummins
Abstract:
An active pear breeding program was located
at the University of Tennessee from 1925 to the
mid 1960s.
The objectives of the program were
to develop pear cultivars with resistance to
fireblight and with acceptable fruit quality.
From 1945 to 1966, the program released 'Orient^
'Ayers,' 'Dabney,' 'Mooers, 'Hoskins,' 'Carrick,'
'Morgan,' and 'Mericourt'
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