This heirloom German pear dates to 1858. The bergamot shaped fruit is medium in size, roundish to terminate. The skin is grass green seen through ash–gray russet, with some orange blush on the side near the sun. The flesh is yellowish, with a greenish tinge under the skin. Fruit is fine, melting, rich flavor, juicy and aromatic. Delicious. Excellent fresh, dried or for juice. Harvests in September and October. A very good keeper. The mother tree shows good resistance to codling moth and blight.

The feral, as yet unpruned, non irrigated mother tree grows near Rock Creek outside Nevada City, Nevada County @2500’, on a large 1800’s homestead being renovated by a young farmer.