PEARS AND QUINCE
Pears
BARTLETT MA **
Origin: England, 1700
A classic pear! Golden and juicy when ripe. Beautifully aromatic. Keeps well when still green. Great for drying.
BEURRE HARDY (French Butter Pear) ES **
Origin: France, 1820
Medium to large fruit with green-yellow russet, as the name implies! A very smooth, juicy pear with flavor that is hard to beat. Our favorite pear on The Apple Farm.
BOSC LS ***
Origin: Belgium, 1807
Elegant shape and russet color. Refreshingly crisp when young and sweet melting flesh through storage. Experience its many characters throughout weeks (even months!) in the refrigerator.
COMICE LS *
Origin: France, 1849
Large fruit with greenish-yellow skin. Delicate flesh with copious juice. Tim says, “wear a bib.”
D’ANJOU MS *
Origin: France, before 1800
Yellowish-green skin and white fine-textured buttery flesh. Flavor improves in storage. One of the most famous “American” pears.
FLEMISH BEAUTY EO X
Origin: Belgium, 1830
Large, roundish pear with clear yellow skin and marble red blush. Sweet and aromatic with a slightly musky flavor.
MAGNESS UNK *
Origin: Maryland 1960
Just planted in 2014…waiting to see. Reportedly free of grittiness and perfumed flesh of the very best quality—sounds good enough.
MYSTERY GIANT PEAR
ORCA UNK *
Origin: Orcas Island, Washington
Highly recommended by Mark at Sandy Bar Nursery. No fruit as of 2015….waiting, waiting.
RED CLAPP
SECKEL MS *
Origin: Seedling near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early 1800s
Diminutive fruit with yellow-brown russet skin, sometimes with a burgundy blush. Delicious juicy flesh, distinctive and aromatic. A farm favorite.
VICAR OF WINKFIELD
WINTER NELIS MO *
Origin: Belgium, 1804
The last pear of the season. Cute roundish fruit with green skin and russeted flecks. It has fine rich flesh without the grittiness.