Hunt Connecticut
PearHunt Connecticut
Origin and History
An American pear first recorded in Magazines of Horticulture 12:305 (1846) and subsequently described in Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of America (1857). Rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1854.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium
Form: Oblate
Skin: Yellowish-green with a coarse texture
Flesh and Flavor: Dry, sweet
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Cooking pear.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Hunt Connecticut.
- Mag. Hort. 12:305. 1846.
- Downing FT. Trees Am. 575. 1857. An American cooking pear. Rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1854. Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish-green, coarse, dry, and sweet.