Osband
PearOsband
Origin / History
Pear. Origin, Wayne County, N. Y. (Thomas).
Tree
Shoots yellowish-olive, thick (Thomas).
Fruit
Size: Medium, often rather small (Thomas); large (Veitch & Sons).
Form: Obovate, regular, smooth and even, Doyenné-shaped; sometimes remotely pyriform.
Stem: Three-fourths to one inch long.
Cavity: Slightly sunk, nearly even.
Calyx: Erect.
Basin: Round, nearly even, or slightly wrinkled.
Skin: Greenish yellow becoming yellow, with a reddish-brown cheek, often faintly russeted. Veitch & Sons: "a pear of good colour."
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, granular; flavor sweet, mild, and fine; soon loses its flavor when mature (Thomas). Very firm, rich and highly flavored (Veitch & Sons).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens very early (Thomas). September and October (Veitch & Sons).
Uses
"Good table pear" (Veitch & Sons).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Osband.* (Summer Virgalieu, erroneously.) Medium in size, often rather small, obovate, regular, smooth and even (Doyenné-shaped); sometimes remotely pyriform; greenish-yellow becoming yellow, with a reddish-brown cheek, often faintly russeted; stalk three-fourths to one inch long, slightly sunk in a nearly even cavity; calyx erect, in a round, nearly even, or slightly wrinkled basin; flesh white, granular, with a sweet, mild, and fine flavor; soon loses its flavor when mature. Ripens very early. Shoots yellowish-olive, thick. Origin, Wayne County, N. Y.
— James Veitch & Sons, Veitch's Fruit Trees (1911) (1911)large, a pear of good colour, very firm, rich and highly flavoured good table pear Sept. & Oct.