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Origin/History Reported by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, American Pomological Society Report, 1920.
Tree Noted as far more prolific than Bartlett or Le Conte.
Fruit
Size: Four inches long by two and one-half inches across.
Form: Much like Bartlett.
Flesh/Flavor: More like Le Conte in character, but far better in quality.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Skin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.
Season Ripens four weeks later than Le Conte.
Uses When canned, the fruit 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.”