Sweater Pear

Origin / History

Documented in Parkinson's Paradisus Terrestris (1629), indicating a pear variety known in early 17th-century cultivation.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Resembles the Windsor pear in size.

Skin: Resembles the Windsor pear in color.

Flesh / Flavor: Inferior in taste compared to the Windsor pear. As Parkinson noted, "The Sweater is somewhat like the Windsor, for colour and bigeness but nothing neare of so good a taste."

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.