Mendenhall

Pear

Mendenhall

Origin / History

Mentioned in the Iowa Horticultural Society report for 1900, page 88, as one of the "newer" varieties of pears. Its first ripe specimens were given on July 5, 1900.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Fruit small.

Form: Fruit pyriform.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Much better in quality than Early Harvest.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

First ripe specimens given on July 5, 1900.

Not described in source.

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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Mendenhall.

i. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpl. 88. 1900.

Mentioned as one of the "newer" varieties of pears, having given its first ripe specimens on July 5th, 1900. Fruit small, pyriform, yellow, much better in quality than Early Harvest.

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