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Mayflower

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Mayflower

Origin and History

Mayflower is a seedling raised by Dr. Shurtleff of Brookline, Massachusetts, which fruited first in 1863.

Tree

A most prolific bearer.

Fruit

  • Form: short pyriform
  • Size: short diameter 2½ inches, long diameter 3 inches
  • Skin: yellow, with red cheek
  • Flesh and Flavor: rather dry and firm

Season and Storage

Keeps soundly without extra care until May.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44 (1866)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Mayflower.

  1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866.

A seedling raised by Dr. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which fruited first in 1863. Fruit "short diameter 2½ inches, long diameter 3 inches; flesh rather dry and firm; skin yellow, with red cheek; keeps soundly without extra care until May. A most prolific bearer. Short pyriform."

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