Mace

Pear

Mace

Origin/History

Francis Dana showed this seedling among others to the Fruit Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Oval

Skin: Russet

Flesh/Flavor: Has something of the honeyed sweetness.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Shows some external resemblance to Dana Hovey.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Mace.

i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1860.

Francis Dana showed this among other seedlings of his to the Fruit Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860.

Fruit medium, oval, russet; flesh has something of the honeyed sweetness as well as some external resemblance to Dana Hovey.

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