Fine Winter Baking Pear
Pear
From William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
Origin/History
Not described in source.
Tree
A great and uniform bearer. Other growth characteristics not described in source.
Fruit
- Size: Moderate
- Form: Rounded at the blossom end, terminating rather suddenly at the stalk
- Stem: Very long
- Cavity: Not described in source.
- Calyx: Not described in source.
- Basin: Not described in source.
- Skin: Green
- Flesh/Flavor: Without much flavor or juiciness. Only fit for baking, which turns the flesh to a fine red.
- Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Storage
Keeps well through the winter.
Uses
A culinary pear for baking only. Equal to any pear for culinary purposes. Never fit for consumption uncooked.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Historically known by the name "Bloomfields Winter."
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- FINE WINTER BAKING PEAR.
This is a pear of moderate size, a great and uniform bearer ; it is rounded at the blossom end, terminating rather suddenly at the stalk, which is very long the flesh is without much flavour or juiciness, only fit for baking, which turns the flesh to a fine red : the skin is green : it is generally known by the name of Bloomfields winter ; it is equal to any pear for culinary purposes it keeps well through the winter, but is never fit for the table uncooked.