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.
Quince
AROMATNAYA
CONSTANTINOPLE UNK X.
CRIMEA EO *
KUANCHING LS *
ORANGE LS **
PINEAPPLE ES **
SMYRNA ES *
VANDEMAN