Identifying a Pear Variety - ???

17 years ago

Some 6-7 years ago, I bought a Keiffer pear tree online from a small southern nursery. I needed it for a pollinator for a Moonglow pear. It was inexpensive ($5) and a seedling - but surprisingly, it began to fruit about 3-4 years after planting.

I never intended to eat its pears, because of all the bad things I heard about the quality of Keiffer's fruit - but as it began to produce fruit, of course I tried some. It was not bad! And as I did some research, I began to wonder if it was actually a Keiffer, or something else - it does not look like other Keiffers that I see online, in fact, it is my nicest pear out of the 4 I grow! It ripens on the tree, is not grainy, is soft not crisp, and started bearing at age 3 - all these characteristics are not shared by Keiffers!

Use the link below to see a pic of this fruit - Does this look like a Keiffer to anyone who's familiar with them?

Thanks much.

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Comments (8)

jellyman
17 years ago
DR:

I can't tell you what is is, though you might get some guesses, but it is definitely not a Keiffer. Lucky for you.

I have a Keiffer here, and they are big ugly things.

Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
lucky_p
17 years ago
Looks kinda like Ayers.
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scaper_austin
17 years ago
Ayers. Very good pear. Put it in the fridge for three weeks and let it soften on the counter for a week or so after that and will be be really good.

Scape
mr.ed
17 years ago
A Keiffer, it is not.......but I cannot place the variety.

Sounds like you got a deal for $5.
macmanmatty2
17 years ago
looks like a seckel to me
scaper_austin
17 years ago
Could be seckle if that is one of the offerings from the nursery you bought it from if not its Ayers. Either way much better than kieffer.
rain2fall
17 years ago
I'm in zone 8 Willamette valley and if you've got a great pear tree like that, I'd sure like a cutting!

Rain2Fall
drfugawe
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks guys, for your responses - for awhile, I've suspected it's a Seckel, 'cause it meets all Seckel characteristics - it's my most beautiful pear while hanging on the tree, and as yet, it has encountered no problems! Very mannerly tree.