Description
A high quality pear. Good pollinator. The fruit of this cold hardy Pear is mediium, rich, sweet, resembles Seckel. It’s a golden russet with ripe. The flesh smooth & buttery with no detectable grit. Tree is resistant to Fire Blight and is Partial (smaller fruit size). It is a cross between Seckel and US 220 (Vermont Beauty x Roi Charles De Wurtemburg). It originated in Indiana, 1977. Super-sweet fruit with a rich, spicy flavor and exceptional quality. Honeysweet is one of the few pear trees that is self-pollinating. Honeysweet Pears ripen on the tree in late August and keep well in storage.
Pear species description: Pear is drought tolerant. USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9. Pears do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | PR27 |
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| Variety: | Honeysweet |
| Common Name: | Pear |
| Latin Name: | Pyrus communis sativa |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Characteristics: | cold hardy |
| Pollination: | Partial (smaller fruit size) |
| Other Common Names: | Common Pear, European Pear |
| Genetics: | Seckel x US 220 (Vermont Beauty x Roi Charles De Wurtemburg) |
| Origin: | Indiana, 1977 |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Height: | 15ft |
| Sun: | Full, Partial |
| Habitats: | Hedges, woodland margins |
| Soil Type: | Sand, Loam, Clay, Heavy Clay |
| Pollinated By: | Bees |
| Fruit: | mediium, rich, sweet, resembles Seckel. It’s a golden russet with ripe. The flesh smooth, buttery with no detectable grit |
| Food Uses: | Fruit – raw or cooked. The flavor. ranges from rather harsh and astringent (cultivars used for making alcoholic drinks) through to soft, sweet and very juicy. The best dessert fruits have an exquisite sweet flavor., usually with a very soft flesh, whilst cooking varieties have harder less sweet flesh. |
| Other Uses: | A yellow-tan dye is obtained from the leaves. Wood – heavy, tough, durable, fine grained, hard. Used by cabinet and instrument makers. When covered with black varnish it is an excellent ebony substitute. |
| Disease Resistance: | Fire Blight |
| Sources: | pfaf.org wikipedia.org |
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