Burkett

Pear

Burkett

Origin/History: First reported to the Illinois Horticultural Society in 1880 by C. S. Capps of Mt. Pulaski. The variety originated in Illinois and had resisted blight for a period of forty-five years in South Iowa by the time of its mention in a communication to the American Pomological Society in 1911 by Charles G. Patten of Charles City, Iowa.

Tree: Resistant to blight.

Fruit: Described in 1880 as a "miserable apology" for a pear.

Season: Not described in source.

Uses: Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.

Other: It has been suggested that this variety and Sudduth may be the same.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1898) from Missouri

Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1898

View original book sources (1)

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.

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

Sudduth Sudduth