Lexington

Pear

Lexington

Origin and History Originated in Kentucky.

Tree Hardy and free from blight.

Fruit Said to resemble Bartlett. Described as "too poor" in quality.

Size, form, skin, stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds: Not described in source.

Season Ripens two weeks earlier than Bartlett.

Uses Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Lexington, 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:253. 1903. Originated in Kentucky and is said to resemble Bartlett, but to ripen two weeks earlier. Hardy and free from blight, but described as "too poor" in quality.

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