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Origin / History
Reported by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, in the Report of the American Pomological Society for 1920, page 135. The description was reprinted by U. P. Hedrick in The Pears of New York (1921).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large pear, four inches long by two and one-half inches across.
Form: In form much like Bartlett.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: In quality more like Le Conte, but far better and far more prolific than either.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens four weeks later than Le Conte.
Uses
Canning. When canned, the flesh is firm and white and fully equal to or better than Bartlett.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
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)Test.
- Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
Reported by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., as “ A large pear, being four inches long by two and one-half across. In form much like Bartlett and in quality more like Le Conte, but far better and far more prolific than either. Ripens four weeks later than Le Conte. When canned is firm and white and fully equal to or better than Bartlett.”