Winter Williams
PearWinter Williams
Origin / History
Winter Williams is a cross between Bartlett and Glou Morceau. It was shown before the Royal Horticultural Society in 1905 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, England.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Said to resemble Glou Morceau in shape.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flavor like Bartlett.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Later than Bartlett.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Garden 67:18 (1905).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Williams' Winter
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Winter Williams,
i. Garden 67:18. 1905.
A cross between Bartlett and Glou Morceau shown before the Royal Horticultural Society in 1905 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, England. Fruit said to resemble Glou Morceau in shape; skin yellow: flavor like Bartlett; later than Bartlett.