Historic Fruit Images
Pears of New York
The Pears of New York was written by U. P. Hedrick and
published by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in 1921. This
was the sixth in a series of monographs on fruits, all of which have
become classic references on the fruit cultivars of the period. These
volumes are much sought after by pomologists and fruit enthusiasts for the
detailed descriptions and beautiful artwork.
As Hedrick wrote in the preface, his goal with The Pears of New
York was
"To give an account of the history and
uses of the pear; to depict the botanical characters of cultivated pears;
to describe pear growing in this country... and , lastly, to give in full
detail the synonymy, bibliography, economic status, and full descriptions
of the most important cultivated pears with brief notices of varieties of
minor importance."
The Pears of New York contains full descriptions and color
plates of about 80 cultivars, and brief descriptions of many hundreds
more. Historic descriptions and illustrations such as these have become
important tools in verifying the identities of trees growing in our
germplasm collection today. Most of the cultivars listed below are among
the 1500 pears growing at NCGR-Corvallis today. Select a highlighted name
to receive a JPEG image from this historic reference. Higher resolution
copies of images are available by special request.
Pyrus betulifolia
Pyrus serotina (pyrifolia)
Andre Desportes
Ansault
Bartlett
Belle Lucrative
Beurre d'Anjou
Beurre Bosc
Beurre Clairgeau
Beurre Diel
Beurre Giffard
Beurre Hardy
Beurre Superfin
Bloodgood
Brandywine
Buffum
Clapp Favorite
Colonel Wilder
Columbia
Dana Hovey
Dearborn
Dorset
Doyenne d'Alencon
Doyenne Boussock
Doyenne du Comice
Duchesse d'Angouleme
Duchesse D'Orleans
Duhamel du Monceau
Early Harvest
Easter Beurre
Elizabeth
Flemish Beauty
Fontenay
Frederick Clapp
Gansel Seckel
Glou Morceau
Guyot
Howell
Idaho
Jargonelle
Josephine de Malines
Kieffer
Koonce
Lamy
Lawrence
Le Conte
Leon Leclerc
Lincoln
Lincoln Coreless
Louise bonne de Jersey
Madeleine
Margaret
Marie Louise
Mount Vernon
Onondaga
Ontario
P. Barry
Passe Colmar
Pitmaston
Pound
President Drouard
Reeder
Riehl Best
Roosevelt
Rutter
Seckel
Sheldon
Souvenir du Congres
Souvenir d'Esperen
Sudduth
Summer Doyenne
Tyson
Urbaniste
Vermont Beauty
Vicar of Winkfield
White Doyenne
Wilder Early
Winter Bartlett
Winter Nelis
Worden Seckel
Thanks to Avery Wilkins for scanning the plates, adding
cultivar names and borders to the images, and converting images to
appropriate size and resolution for web display. Illustrations were
scanned with an HP ScanJet IIC, and manipulated on a Power Macintosh
7100/80 using Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (12/95)
For more information please contact Joseph Postman
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