Russet Bartlett
PearRusset Bartlett
Origin / History
About 1893, Robert McHinds of Clarksville, N.Y., planted Bartlett pear trees. When these trees came into bearing, one was found to produce russet-colored fruits, whence the name Russet Bartlett. The variety is recorded in U.P. Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921).
Tree
The tree is an exact counterpart of Bartlett in manner of growth.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Russet-colored. The fruit differs from Bartlett only in the russet skin.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
The variety is not improbably a bud sport of Bartlett.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Russet Bartlett.
About 1893 Robert McHinds, Clarksville, N. Y., planted Bartlett pear trees. When these trees came into bearing, one was found to produce russet-colored fruits, whence the name Russet Bartlett. The tree is an exact counterpart of Bartlett in manner of growth and the fruit differs from Bartlett only in the russet skin. It is, therefore, not improbable that the variety is a bud sport of Bartlett.