Japan Wonder

Pear

Japan Wonder

Origin / History

Japanese. Introduced to this country by Doctor Whitaker, who described the variety as follows: "the fruit is rather flat, large, apple-like; color light yellow, with many white dots covering the entire surface; flesh white, brittle, juicy, poor in quality. Tree an open grower."

Tree

Tree an open grower.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Rather flat, large, apple-like.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Ground color light yellow.

Dots: Many white dots covering the entire surface.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, brittle, juicy, poor in quality.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Cited in Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:483, 1913.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Japan Wonder.

Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:483. 1913.

Japanese, introduced to this country by Doctor Whitaker, who says of it: "the fruit is rather flat, large, apple-like; color light yellow, with many white dots covering the entire surface; flesh white, brittle, juicy, poor in quality. Tree an open grower."

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