Westrumb

Pear

Westrumb

Origin and History

Raised by Van Mons about 1825.

Tree

Very productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, turbinate.

Skin: Greenish-yellow, overcast with bronze and netted with gray; heavily dotted.

Stem: Very short, thick, continuous with the fruit.

Flesh and Flavor: Very juicy, of a very savory perfume; of highest quality.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Westrumb. i. Liebel Syst. Anleit. 132. 1825. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:754, fig. 1869. Raised by Van Mons about 1825. Tree very productive. Fruit medium, turbinate, greenish-yellow, overcast with bronze and netted with gray; heavily dotted; stem very short, thick, continuous with the fruit; flesh very juicy, of a very savory perfume; of highest quality; Sept.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)