Russelet Petit. 1. Langley Pomona 132, Pl. LXIV. 1729.
Fruit small, pyramidal, irregular; stem set on one side obliquely; late Aug.
Russet Bartlett.
About 1893 Robert McHinds, Clarksville, N. Y., planted 700 Bartlett pear trees. When these trees came into bearing, one was found to produce russet-colored fruits, whence the name Russet Bartlett. The tree is an exact counterpart of Bartlett in manner of growth and the fruit differs from Bartlett only in the russet skin. It is, therefore, not improbable that the variety is a bud sport of Bartlett.
Russet Catherine. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629.
“The Russet Catherine is a very good middle sized peare.”
Rylsk. 1. Can. Hort. 27:292. 1894.
Russian. Fruit medium yellow; flesh breaking, sweet; very late.
S. T. Wright. 1. Garden 66:299, fig. 1904.
This English pear raised by Messrs. Veitch, was introduced in 1904 at the Royal Horticultural Society’s fruit show in London. It is the product of Beurré Bachelier and Bartlett. Fruit medium, oblate-pyriform, rather swelled; skin rich golden; of good flavor; Oct.