Citrina

Pear

Citrina

Origin/History

Originated with S. A. Shurtleff (referred to as Dr. Shurtleff by Downing) of Boston, Massachusetts, as a seedling. First fruited in 1862. Recorded in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Report of 1866 and subsequently by Downing.

Tree

Productive. Wood slender, grayish. (Downing; not further described in Hedrick.)

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium. Downing describes the form as pyriform; Hedrick describes it as short-pyriform.

Skin: Bright yellow. Surface slightly knobby and uneven (Downing); lumpy and nodular (Hedrick).

Stem: Medium length. (Downing; not described in Hedrick.)

Calyx: Small. (Downing; not described in Hedrick.)

Basin: Corrugated. (Downing; not described in Hedrick.)

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh nearly white, rather coarse, gritty at the core. Hedrick adds that the flavor is pleasant and peculiar.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Citrina.

Originated with Dr. Shurtleff, Boston, Mass., first fruited in 1862. Tree productive. Wood slender, grayish.

Fruit medium, pyriform, bright yellow. Surface slightly knobby and uneven. Stalk medium. Calyx small. Basin corrugated. Flesh nearly white, rather coarse. Gritty at the core. September. (Journal of H.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Citrina.

Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 720. 1869. One of S. A. Shurtleff's seedlings. First fruited in 1862. Fruit medium, short-pyriform, bright yellow, lumpy and nodular; flesh nearly white, coarse, gritty at core, of a pleasant, peculiar flavor; Sept.

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