Highly regarded as a late-season storage pear by Victorian gardeners, and achieving popularity in the mid 20th century as an export crop from warmer markets in California, Australia and New Zealand.
Medium-sized short roundish-conic-pyriform shape. Cinnamon-colored russet almost fully covering thick green skin, turning yellow when fully ripe. The flesh is slightly green, fine textured, flavorful, juicy, sweet and aromatic. Fruit can remain on the tree through leaf fall in late autumn. Z4.
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