Woodstock
PearWoodstock
Origin and History
Said to have originated at Woodstock, Vermont, first reported about 1856 (Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 201. 1856; Elliott Fr. Book 416. 1859).
Tree
A moderate grower, very productive. Young wood olive-brown.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to below in size. Varying in form from roundish-obtuse to obovate-pyriform.
Skin: Pale yellow, netted and patched, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots.
Stem: Long, rather slender, inserted in a small cavity, often by a lip.
Calyx and Basin: Calyx large, open. Lobes long, slender, persistent. Basin rather deep and abrupt.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant, slightly musky. Quality good to very good.
Season
September.
Note: The two sources are closely aligned. The primary additive detail from Hedrick (1921) over Downing (1900) is the qualification of the calyx as "large" and the basin as "rather deep" in addition to abrupt; Downing omits both of these qualifications.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Woodstock.
Origin, Vermont. Tree a moderate grower, very productive. Young wood olive brown.
Fruit medium or below, varying in form from roundish obtuse to obovate pyriform. Skin pale yellow, netted and patched, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk long, rather slender, inserted in a small cavity, often by a lip. Calyx open. Segments long, slender, persistent. Basin abrupt. Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant, slightly musky. Good to very good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Woodstock. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 201. 1856. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 416. 1859. Said to have originated at Woodstock, Vt., and first reported about 1856. Tree a moderate grower, very productive; young wood olive-brown. Fruit medium to below, roundish-obtuse to obovate-pyriform, pale yellow, netted and patched, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots; stem long, rather slender, inserted in a small cavity, often by a lip; calyx large, open, placed in a rather deep, abrupt basin; lobes long, slender, persistent; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant, slightly musky; good to very good; Sept.