Red Garden
PearRed Garden
Origin/History
Raised by Josiah Youngken, of Richlandtown, Pennsylvania. First recorded in Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869).
Tree
A good grower and bearer.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, obovate-pyriform.
Stem: Stalk rather long, slender.
Calyx: Partially open. Segments short.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale yellow, shaded and mottled on the side next the sun with a few crimson dots, netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with brown dots.
Flesh/Flavor: Whitish, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Quality rated good to very good.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Red Garden.
Raised by Josiah Youngken, of Richlandtown, Pa. Tree a good grower and bearer.
Fruit medium, obovate pyriform, pale yellow, shaded and mottled with a few crimson dots in sun, netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk rather long, slender. Calyx partially open. Segments short. Flesh whitish, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good or very good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Red Garden.
i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 841. 1869.
Raised by Josiah Youngken, Richlandtown, Pa.
Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform, pale yellow, shaded and mottled with a few crimson dots on the side next the sun, netted and patched with russet and thickly sprinkled with brown dots; flesh whitish, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good to very good; Sept.