Gold Dust

Pear

Gold Dust

Origin / History

Gold Dust is cited in Cornell Station Bulletin 332, page 482, 1913, and is included in U.P. Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Not described in source.

Form: Fruit of Bergamot shape.

Stem: Stem slender.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Skin very rough.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Season October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Gold Dust.

i. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:482. 1913.

Fruit of Bergamot shape, with slender stem; skin very rough; Oct.

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