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Kentucky

Pear

Kentucky

Fruit

Small, turbinate and obovate in form. Skin yellow with russeting. Flesh white, melting, and granular. Flavor mild. Quality very poor.

Season

September.

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 27:22 (1904).

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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Kentucky.

  1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 27:22. 1904.

Fruit small, turbinate, obovate, yellow, russeted; flesh white, melting, granular, mild; very poor; Sept.

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