Heritage Apple Corps
← All varieties

Brewer

Pear

Brewer

Origin/History

Origin uncertain, but probably American.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium, obovate-pyriform.

Skin: Thin, tender, bright green dotted with very small, brown specks.

Flesh & Flavor: White, translucent, melting. Juice sweet, very abundant, delicately and agreeably perfumed. Quality rated good.

Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Source References:

  1. Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 1869, p. 708
  2. Mas, Pomologie Générale, vol. 5, 1880, p. 1, fig. 289

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

View original book sources (1)

Brewer.

  1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 708. 1869.
  2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:1, fig. 289. 1880.

Origin uncertain, but probably American. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform; skin thin, tender, bright green dotted with very small, brown specks; flesh white, translucent, melting; juice sweet, very abundant, delicately and agreeably perfumed; good; Oct.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)