John Cotton
PearJohn Cotton
Origin/History
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Massachusetts, first fruited in 1862. Reported in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society reports of 1862 and 1866.
Tree
Bears abundantly. Other characteristics not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium; turbinate (pear-shaped, tapering toward the stem).
Skin: Green.
Flesh and Flavor: Fine-grained, slightly acid.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September.
Uses
Good market pear. Ripens well.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)John Cotton,
- Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 32. 1862.
- Ibid. 45. 1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and fruited in 1862. Fruit below medium, turbinate, green; flesh fine-grained, slightly acid; good market pear, ripens well and bears abundantly; Sept.