HERITAGE pear trees for perry cider with Barry Masterson (Eps76)  

Barry Masterson of Kertel Reiter Cider in Germany talks about heritage pear trees and historic pear varieties and how he uses them in his perry ciders. #orchardpeople #fruittreecare
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Photo credits in this video are: Barry Masterson, Kertel Reiter Cider
The interviewer is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care training website OrchardPeople.com
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Are pear trees slow growing?
00:50 About Barry Masterson
01:12 Barry’s interest in heirloom pear trees
02:26 Heirloom pear trees in Germany
03:51 Ages of heirloom pear trees
05:04 Harvesting heirloom pear trees
06:17 Is Perry cider alcoholic?
07:17 Hardiness of heirloom pear trees
08:35 Barry’s Irish background
09:19 Single variety or blended perry ciders
13.29 Making Perry cider with Bartlett or commercial pears
17:05 What tannin does in Perry
19:07 Why Perry can be milky
20:22 Buying Barry’s Perry in Canada
20:47 Historic pear trees and slow production
22:04 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition
24:35 Perry that takes like champagne from bratbirne pears
25:58 Historic pear varieties
28.18 Show summary so far
29:49 How historic pear varieties were used
34:49 Listener emails
35:10 Why it’s called “Perry”
36:00 Barry’s favorite historic pear varieties
37:43 Red fleshed Perry varieties
39:58 How to harvest pear trees
41:16 Challenge of harvesting from historic pear trees
41:51 Ideal level of ripeness when harvesting pears
44:06 Red Longdon Historic Pear Variety
44:52 Rootstocks for historic pear varieties
46:46 Barry’s website
47:19 Where Barry presses his cider
48:02 Why Barry is passionate about Perry cider
52:04 Barry’s contact on Twitter
Here are some of the pears that Barry talks about in this episode:
Schweizer Wasserbirne (Swiss Water Pear): A variety of pear grown in Switzerland, known for its juicy and sweet taste.
Champagner Bratbirne (German Champagne Roasting Pear): A type of pear from Germany that is commonly used for roasting and making jams and jellies. It has a firm texture and sweet taste.
Welsche Bratbirne (German Welsh Roasting Pear): Another type of pear from Germany, similar to the Champagner Bratbirne, but with a slightly more tangy taste.
Gelbmöstler (Swiss Yellow Möstler Pear): A yellow-colored pear grown in Switzerland, known for its juicy and fragrant flesh.
Luxemburger Mostbirne (Luxembourgish Luxembourg Cider Pear): A variety of pear grown in Luxembourg, commonly used for making cider.
Bayerische Weinbirne (German Bavarian Wine Pear): A pear variety grown in Bavaria, Germany, known for its resistance to fireblight and use in making wine.
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