Japanese Sand

Pear

Origin/History: First documented in Cornell Station Bulletin 332:483 (1913); included in U.P. Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921).

Tree: Not described in source.

Fruit: Medium size, apple-shaped. Skin lemon-yellow with russet dots. Flesh hard; flavor much like Daimyo.

Season: Late October

Uses: Described as poor.

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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Japanese Sand.

i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 332:483. 1913.

Fruit medium, apple-shaped, lemon-yellow, with russet dots; flesh hard, flavor much like Daimyo; poor; late Oct.

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