Sarah
PearSarah
Origin / History
Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Exhibited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's rooms in 1867 (Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37, 1867, cited by Hedrick).
Tree
Tree of an erect habit, hardy, healthy, and productive. Young wood rich olive yellow brown. Budd and Hansen call it popular as a dwarf.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish obovate pyriform; Hedrick gives globular-obovate-pyriform.
Stem: Medium, a little inclined (Downing) or somewhat inclined (Budd and Hansen).
Cavity: Slight depression, set by a ring or lip.
Calyx: Partially closed. Segments short, erect.
Basin: Shallow, uneven.
Skin: Pale greenish yellow, partially netted and patched with russet; Budd and Hansen say netted and clouded with russet.
Dots: Thickly sprinkled, brown.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine, juicy, melting; sweet, rich, aromatic. Very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Sarah.
Raised by Thaddeus Clapp, Dorchester, Mass. Tree of an erect habit, hardy, healthy, and productive. Young wood rich olive yellow brown.
Fruit medium size, roundish obovate pyriform. Skin pale greenish yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk medium, a little inclined, set with a slight depression by a ring or lip. Calyx partially closed. Segments short, erect. Basin shallow, uneven. Flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, aromatic. Very good. October.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Sarah.—Medium, roundish obovate pyriform; color greenish yellow, netted and clouded with russet and sprinkled with brown dots; stem medium, somewhat inclined, set in slight depression by ring or lip; basin shallow, uneven. Flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, aromatic, very good. Popular as a dwarf. Massachusetts.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Sarah. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37. 1867. Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Mass. It was exhibited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's rooms in 1867. Fruit medium size, globular-obovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with brown dots; flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, aromatic; very good; Oct.