Winship
PearOrigin/History
Originated in the nurseries of the Messrs. Winship, Brighton, Mass., about 1832 (Hedrick). Also known as Winship's Seedling. Hedrick cites early notices in Magazine of Horticulture 10:212 (1844) and 13:485, fig. 41 (1847).
Tree
Vigorous. An early and productive bearer (Hedrick; Elliott). Young wood yellowish-reddish-brown (Downing describes it as "rich dull yellow reddish brown"; Hedrick as "yellowish-reddish-brown"; Elliott simply as "yellowish").
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Downing and Hedrick describe the form as oblong-acute-pyriform. Elliott describes it as ovate pyriform.
Stem: Long. Downing describes the stem as rather stout and uneven. Hedrick describes it as rather slender, inserted with no cavity. Elliott describes it as slender and curved. (Downing's characterization of the stem as stout conflicts with Hedrick's and Elliott's description of it as slender.)
Cavity: Stem inserted with no cavity (Hedrick). Not described in Downing or Elliott.
Calyx: Large. Closed (Hedrick; Elliott). Segments short, erect (Downing).
Basin: Small, corrugated (Downing; Hedrick). Not described in Elliott.
Skin: Downing and Hedrick describe the skin as greenish yellow with traces and patches of russet. Elliott describes it as pale yellow with traces of russet and a blush in the sun.
Flesh/Flavor: The sources conflict substantially. Downing: "flesh white, coarse, not juicy or melting; Poor." Hedrick: "flesh white, rather coarse, not juicy, not melting; poor to fair." Elliott: "flesh white, melting, juicy, sugary; 'good.'"
Core/Seeds: Core large (Elliott). Not described in Downing or Hedrick.
Season
August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Winship.
Winship Seedling.
Originated in the nurseries of the Messrs. Winship, Brighton, Mass. Tree vigorous. Young wood rich dull yellow reddish brown.
Fruit medium size, oblong acute pyriform. Skin greenish yellow, with traces and patches of russet. Stalk long, rather stout, and uneven. Calyx large. Segments short, erect. Basin small, corrugated. Flesh white, coarse, not juicy or melting. Poor. August.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Winship.
- Mag. Hort. 10:212. 1844. 2. Ibid. 13:485, fig. 41. 1847.
Originated in the nurseries of the Messrs. Winship, Brighton, Mass., about 1832. Tree vigorous, an early and productive bearer; young wood yellowish-reddish-brown. Fruit medium, oblong-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow with traces and patches of russet: stem long, rather slender, inserted with no cavity; calyx large, closed, set in a small, corrugated basin; flesh white, rather coarse, not juicy, not melting; poor to fair; Aug.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Winship Winship's Seedling. American. Native of Brighton, Mass. Tree, vigorous, wood yellowish, early and productive bearer. Fruit, medium, ovate pyriform, pale yellow, traces of russet, blush in sun ; stem, long, slender, curved ; calyx, closed ; core, large ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, sugary ; "good." August.