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Porter

Pear

Porter

Origin/History

A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass. First fruited in 1862.

Fruit

  • Size: Diameter 2¾ inches
  • Flesh/Flavor: Melting, sweet and juicy

Season

October; ripens soundly.

Uses

Good market pear.

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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Porter.

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

A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass. No. 16. Fruited in 1862. Diameter 2¾ inches, melting, sweet and juicy; ripens soundly; good market pear; Oct.

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