Fortune

Pear

Fortune

Origin and History

One of Dr. Shurtleff's seedlings, raised at Brookline, Massachusetts. First fruited in 1866.

Fruit

Small, turbinate in form. Skin golden-yellow with russet spots.

Flesh and Flavor

Flesh white, melting, juicy, and very sweet.

Season

October.

Quality

First-rate.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); Massachusetts Horticultural Society Report 143 (1866).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Fortune.

Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 143. 1866.

One of Dr. Shurtleff's seedlings raised at Brookline, Mass.; first fruited in 1866. Fruit small, turbinate, golden-yellow, with russet spots; flesh white, melting, juicy and very sweet; first; Oct.

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