Ives' Pear
PearOrigin/History
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Connecticut.
Tree
Vigorous and very productive.
Fruit
Size: Small, though Hedrick describes it as small to medium.
Form: Downing describes the fruit as oval oblong pyriform; Elliott as irregularly turbinate, inclined; Hedrick as rather globular; and Thomas as turbinate, irregular. The variation across sources suggests an irregular shape that different authors categorized differently.
Stem: Long. Elliott specifies it is inserted by a fleshy ring or lip.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Very small.
Skin: Greenish, with a brownish-red cheek.
Flesh/Flavor: Juicy, melting, sugary, and good.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens first of September. Thomas gives early September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Hedrick cites Field's Pear Culture (1858) and Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869) as references.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Ives' Pear.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Tree vigorous and very productive.
Fruit small, oval oblong pyriform, greenish, with a brownish-red cheek. Stalk long. Calyx open. Basin very small. Flesh juicy, melting, sugary, and good. Ripens first of September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Ives.
- Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Fruit small to medium, rather globular, greenish, brownish-red cheek; flesh melting, sugary, juicy; good; Sept.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Ives' Pear. Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Tree, vigorous and very productive. Fruit, small, irregularly turbinate, inclined ; skin, greenish, with a brownish red cheek ; stalk, long, inserted by a fleshy ring or lip ; calyx, open ; basin, very small ; flesh, juicy, melting, sugary, and good. Ripens first of September.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Ives' Pear. Small, turbinate, irregular, greenish and brownish-red; juicy, melting; good. Early September. Conn.