Max

Pear

Max

Origin / History

A seedling of Flemish Beauty grown in Ohio. The variety is recorded in the report of the American Pomological Society, 1895, page 73.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Fruit medium.

Form: Globular-pyriform.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow, brightly blushed.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flavor vinous, subacid; good.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Ripens in September in Ohio.

Uses

Not described in source.

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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Max.

i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 73. 1895.

A seedling of Flemish Beauty grown in Ohio. Fruit medium, globular-pyriform, yellow brightly blushed, flavor vinous, subacid; good; Sept. in Ohio.

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