Chio

Pear

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

Chio Pear

Origin/History

First recorded in Miller's Gardeners' Dictionary (1807). Historically distinguished from the similar "Little Musk Pear" by the designation "Little Bastard Musk Pear" to denote its differentiation in the musk pear family.

Fruit

Small, roundish form. Yellow when ripe with a few streaks of red on the side next the sun. Flesh exhibits a musky character. Flavor good.

Season

July.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Chio.

i. Miller Card. Dict. 3: 1807.

Commonly called, according to Miller, the Little Bastard Musk Pear to distinguish it from the Little Musk Pear.

Fruit small, roundish, yellow when ripe, with a few streaks of red on the side next the sun; juice musky; good; July.

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

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