Pear crop soars with million-box gain across West Coast
West Coast pear growers celebrate a record crop totaling 12.7 million lugs after last year’s bumper yield. Pacific Northwest officials note eight main pear varieties including Bartlett and Anjou, with cold storage and CA storage sustaining supply into May.
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Une Pear
Peter Ritt
Pacific Southwest Territory
Oregon
Washington
California Pear Bureau
Pacific Rim
Saudi Arabia
Scandinavia
Bost
Comice
Nelis
Forelle
Seckel
Ohio wine competition honors area Wineries with gold medals
Firelands Wine Company of Sandusky won Best of Show for its Riesling Champagne made champenoise from Lake Erie island grapes. Avon Lake’s Klingshirn Winery earned three other medals including a silver for Ohio Cherry and bronzes for Lake Erie Chancellor and Lake Erie Vidal Blanc. Other gold winners were Valley Vineyards, Chalet Debonne, and Heineman Winery. Chalet Debonne led with 13 total medals.
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Klingshirn Winery
Avon Lake
Ohio
Lake Erie
Lorain County
John Christ Winery
Delaware
Concord & Niagara
Firelands Wine Company of
Sandusky
Firelands
Claudio Salvador
Valley Vineyards
Morrow
Chalet Debonne Vineyards
Madison
Heineman Winery
Put-in-Bay
Ohio River Valley
Chalet Debonne
Debonne Vineyards
Johannisberg
Allan Klingshirn
Right
Lee
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Pears
Pacific Coast
Ritt
Anjou
Pacific Bartett Grawers, Inc
Phil Hicks
Fire
Ohio Wine Producers Association
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
Wooster Research
Krebs
Firelands Wine Company
Ed Boas