Clara

Pear

Clara

Origin and History

A Van Mons seedling. The variety was placed on the list of "Rejected Fruits" at the second session of the Congress of Fruit Growers at New York in 1850.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, long.

Skin: Light green with some russet spots and patches.

Flesh and Flavor: White, juicy, good flavor, but rather too acid.

Tree

Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

View original book sources (1)

Clara,

Mag. Hort. 8:58. 1842. 2. Ibid. 16:295. 1850. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 720. 1869.

A Van Mons seedling placed on the list of "Rejected Fruits" at the second session of the Congress of Fruit Growers at New York in 1850. Fruit medium, long, light green, with some russet spots and patches; flesh white, juicy, good, rather too acid; Oct.

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

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