Harvest
PearHarvest
Origin / History
An American variety. Listed by Hedrick (1921) with the reference Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 1869, p. 779.
Tree
Tree an upright, round, spreading head; a good grower and bearer. Young wood olive yellow brown.
Fruit
Size: Below medium, or small.
Form: Roundish; Hedrick words it "globular".
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale yellow, with a brown tinge of red in the sun (Hedrick: tinged with brown-red on the exposed side).
Dots: Brown and green, sprinkled over the surface.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish, not very juicy or melting, but sweet; Hedrick adds "pleasant". Good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
July.
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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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Harvest.
Early Sugar. Sugar Pear. Wolcott's Early?
An American variety. Tree an upright round spreading head, a good grower and bearer. Young wood olive yellow brown.
Fruit below medium, or small, roundish, pale yellow, brown tinge of red in the sun, and sprinkled with brown and green dots. Flesh whitish, not very juicy or melting, but sweet. Good. July.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Harvest, 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 779. 1869.
An American variety. Fruit below medium, globular, pale yellow, tinged with brown-red on reposed side, brown and green dots; flesh whitish, not very juicy or melting, but sweet, pleasant; good; July.