Pear Identity

Hi everyone I'm fairly new but not to fruit... I thought I would check in about a pear tree that has been in ground here for 20 years... the label said Asian Pear and that's it. Was store bought around the time Kiefers were available regularly whoever supplied it probably farmed Kiefer pears too...

The pear itself is not Asian but appearance wise looks like a very large version of D'Anjou... but without the lemony/floral flavor. It's around my second favorite of all pears next to one labeled 'Bijou' that was bagged,with a strong regular pear flavor and a soft texture, very sweet... stays green as far as I know i was worried squirrels would get them so I picked in August I think since two out of 4 pears were enormous....

I cannot find information about Bijou anywhere they were smaller but maybe the same flavor... best I can guess is that maybe someone crossed a Bartlett with D'Anjou... the mystery pear is the same shape but more puffy/obese. A big fat incredible pear (they were fridge ripened in a paper bag, 2 weeks)

The tree i have removed leaders from maybe twice or 3x in all those years and she stays compact only around 15 feet at peak and probably not 6 feet across... I'm not sure if the tree was grafted... the leaves are the smaller type and numerous... not the prettiest not too ugly... good form branches like to grow upwards but that would probably change if I could find her a boyfriend

If anyone has any idea what they might be please let me know im propagating now... I thought maybe chill hours were the issue... I had no fruits all those years but a few that dropped but I believe the blooms are happening alot earlier than 3 Kiefers nearby. I think the uri storm changed their schedule and finally rewarded me with a sample...

Message me if you want to graft or propagate some i have many scion cuttings available for trade/sale

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions... I decided this year to plant a Moonglow and a Korean Giant... maybe that will tickle her fruits

It sounds like it could possibly be Potomac, which is a cross of Anjou and Moonglow. Here's a few photos for comparison. Hope this helps!

Steve

Thank you for the reply Steve.. they do look close but where they are off is that they look shorter/squattier than the pears I picked which also had no russet at all... also they were solid green no red streaks all 4 of them I recall how green they were

it could be the difference growing in shade they are almost directly under a large mulberry... also the necks were not as defined they taper down more than kieffer just enough to look more pear like but i dont remember as much of a curve.

Hopefully ill have more by late summer... the best one ripened quickly in the fridge (2 weeks) it was a huge one the smaller ones didnt ripen as well they may have been early... hopefully Moonglow does the trick ... were having more of a regular winter too with several freezes... fingers crossed