Tonkovietka
PearTonkovietka
Origin/History
One of the Russian pears imported by Prof. J. L. Budd from Dr. Regel of Petrograd, Russia, circa 1879. Known at Iowa Agricultural College under the designations No. 513 and No. 14m. The name means "slender stalk." Charles Gibb of Abbottsford, Canada, recorded that this is "the hardiest pear tree which bears edible fruit of which he knows."
Tree
Hardy, fine-quality, productive.
Fruit
Form & Size: Medium, conical.
Skin: Yellow, with red coloration on the sunny side.
Flesh: Porous.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens beginning of August; keeps until September.
Uses
Commendable for commercial orchards.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Historical References:
- Montana Horticultural Society Report 53 (1882) [as "Tonkovietka"]
- Iowa Horticultural Society Report 321 (1885) [as "Limbertwig"]
- American Pomological Society Report 59 (1887) [as "Thintwig"]
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1912) from Oregon
- Pacific Nursery Company , Portland , Oregon — 1912
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Tonkovietka.
- Mont. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 53. 1882. Limbertwig. 2. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 321. 1885. Thintwig. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 59. 1887.
One of the Russian pears imported by Prof. J. L. Budd from Dr. Regel, Petrograd, Russia, about 1879 and known by the Iowa Agricultural College under the numbers 513 and 14 m. Chas. Gibb, Abbottsford, Can., says this is the hardiest pear tree which bears edible fruit of which he knows. The name means slender Stalk. Tree hardy, fine, productive. Fruit medium, conical, yellow, with red on the sunny side; flesh porous; ripens beginning of Aug. and keeps until Sept.; commendable for commercial orchards.