Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 15 Number 2 Article 15 Pages: 39-39
Year 1960 Month 12
Title: Early Summer Ripening Pear. in Yugoslavia
Author: APS Citation
Abstract:
A most interesting pear has been
found by Dr.
L. F. Hough, of Rutgers
University, while plant exploring
in Yugoslavia in 1959-60. Dr.
Hough
reports (N. J. Hort.
News, July 1960)
that pears from this tree were ripe and
of good quality in the middle of June.
They were small, soft, dropped badly
and did not hold up well.
Pollen collected from this unusual
pear was used in making crosses with
pears in the orchard of the Fruit Experiment
Station at Cacak, Yugoslavia.
Seeds from these crosses were
shipped back to Rutgers, and the
seedlings are now growing on the
University farms at New Brunswick.
