Doctor Reeder.

Reeder's Seedling.

Raised from seed of the Winter Nelis by Dr. Henry Reeder, Varick, Seneca Co., N. Y. Tree very hardy, healthy, vigorous, spreading, open form, an excellent bearer. Young shoots warm olive brown.

Fruit small to medium, roundish ovate obtuse pyriform, compressed, often apparently slightly furrowed on one side. Skin yellow, netted and patched with russet nearly over the whole surface, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk long and slender, slightly curved, a little inclined, in a small cavity. Calyx large and open. Segments large, lying flat on the fruit. Basin medium, nearly regular. Flesh fine, juicy, melting, buttery, a little granular, very sugary, vinous, with a high musky perfume. Very good to best. November.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Reeder. See Dr. Reeder.

[Additional entry in this volume: "Doctor Reeder", pp. 789–789]

Doctor Reeder. Small, roundish-ovate, yellow, netted with russet; melting, buttery, sugary, perfumed. Very good. November. Good bearer. Seneca County, N. Y.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Reeder (Doctor Reeder). — Large, roundish ovate, obtuse pyriform; color light yellow with numerous russet dots and patches of russet, especially around the basin; cheek faintly blushed with red; stalk one and one-half inches long, quite stout, and fleshy at point of insertion without cavity; basin broad, shallow, and regular. Flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting, vinous, very good. Usually grown as Doctor Reeder. New York.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

REEDER

1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 40. 1883. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:260. 1903. Reeder's Seedling. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 150. 1867. Doctor Reeder. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 739, fig. 1869. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 20. 1871. Docteur Rheder. 6. Rev. Hort. 87. 1889.

Reeder is another of the pears too good to discard, and not quite good enough to give an ardent recommendation. In quality, the fruits rank but little below those of Seckel; are about the same size as grown under average conditions; but are even duller and less attractive in color than the modest fruits of Seckel, which is probably one of its parents. The fruits have a place in the home and markets as a pear to follow Seckel, the crop coming in season just after that of Seckel passes out. The trees do poorly in the nursery, as they make but a short, slender growth until well established in the orchard, after which they become of medium size but very vigorous. The branches droop as do those of Winter Nelis, the other parent, although not so markedly. The variety is as nearly blight-proof as either of its parents.

Reeder is a seedling raised about 1855 by Dr. Henry Reeder, Varick, New York, from seed of Winter Nelis. The parent tree stood near a Seckel and it is considered that Reeder is a cross between the two varieties. The American Pomological Society added the variety to its fruit-catalog in 1871 under the name Doctor Reeder, but in 1883 changed the name to Reeder.

Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading, drooping, open-topped, productive; branches zigzag, reddish-brown partly overspread with gray scarf-skin, sprinkled with numerous lenticels; branchlets slender, willowy, long, reddish-brown mingled with gray, the new growth reddish-green, dull, smooth, glabrous except near the tips of the new growth, with few very small, inconspicuous lenticels.

Leaf-buds small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 2½ in. long, 1¼ in. wide, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin crenate to nearly entire; petiole ¾ in. long, tinged with red; stipules few, very small, reddish-green. Flower-buds small, short, conical, free, singly on short spurs; flowers 1⅛ in. across, in dense clusters, average 9 buds in a cluster; pedicels ⅝ in. long, slender.

Fruit ripe in October and November; small, 1⅞ in. long, 1⅞ in. wide, globular-obtuse-pyriform, slightly ribbed and irregular; stem 1½ in. long, slender, curved; cavity a very small depression in which is inserted the base of the stem, symmetrical; calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base, long, narrow, reflexed, acuminate; basin very shallow and narrow, smooth; skin thick, smooth, tender; color dull greenish-yellow, mottled and streaked with russet, blushed faintly on the exposed cheek with brownish-red; dots few, small, obscure, greenish or russet; flesh white, granular toward the center but fine-grained near the skin, tender, somewhat stringy, very juicy, aromatic; quality good. Core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; seeds unusually large, wide, long, plump, acute.

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

REEDER. Reeder is another of the pears too good to discard, and not quite good enough to give an ardent recommendation. In quality the fruits rank but little below those of Seckel; are about the same size as grown under average conditions; but are even duller and less attractive in color than the modest fruits of Seckel. The variety has a place in the home and markets as a pear to follow Seckel, as the crop comes in season just after that of Seckel passes out. The trees make but a short, slender growth until well established in the orchard, after which they become of medium size but very vigorous. The branches droop as do those of Winter Nelis, although not so markedly. The variety is nearly blight-proof. Reeder is a seedling raised about 1855 by Dr. Henry Reeder, Varick, New York, from seed of Winter Nelis.

Tree spreading, becoming drooping with age, open-topped, productive; trunk and branches medium in thickness and smoothness; branches zigzag, reddish-brown, sprinkled with numerous lenticels. Leaves 2½ inches long, 1⅜ inches wide, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin crenate to nearly entire; petiole ¾ inches long, tinged with red; stipules few, very small, reddish-green. Flowers 1¼ inches across, in dense clusters, average 7 buds in a cluster. Fruit ripe October-November; small, averaging 1⅞ inches long, 1⅝ inches wide, globular-obtuse-pyriform, ribbed and irregular; stem 1½ inches long, slender, curved; cavity a very small depression in which is inserted the base of the stem, symmetrical; calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base, long, narrow, reflexed, acuminate; basin shallow and narrow, smooth; skin thick, smooth, tender; color dull greenish-yellow, mottled and streaked with russet, blushed faintly on the exposed cheek with brownish-red; dots few, small, obscure, greenish or russet; flesh white, granular toward the center but fine-grained near the skin, tender, somewhat stringy, very juicy, aromatic; quality good; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; seeds unusually large, wide, long, plump, acute.

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)