Burkett
PearBurkett
Origin and History
Reported to the Illinois Horticultural Society in 1880 by C. S. Capps of Mt. Pulaski, who described it as a "miserable apology" for a pear, though exempt from blight. The variety was mentioned in a communication to the American Pomological Society in 1911 by Charles G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa, as a variety originating in Illinois that had resisted blight for a period of forty-five years in South Iowa.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Variants and Relationships
It has been suggested that this variety and Sudduth may be the same.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Burkett.
i. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 144. 1880. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 236. 1911.
Reported to the Illinois Horticultural Society in 1880 by C. S. Capps of Mt. Pulaski who described it as a “miserable apology” for a pear, though exempt from blight. It was mentioned in a communication to the American Pomological Society in 1911 by Charles G. Patten, Charles City, Iowa, as a variety which originating in Illinois had resisted blight for a period of forty-five years in South Iowa. It has been suggested that this and Sudduth may be the same.