This is an early heritage variety of pear, with a flavour and appearance similar to a Bartlett.
With great flavour, and moderate acidity, it's perfect for eating out of hand, but it can also be used for canning and baking!
Pears have been cultivated in cool and temperate climates since antiquity and cannot be traced to a single origin. They have been farmed in China since 2,000 BC. There are thousands of varieties that ground around the world today, but the Bartlett Pear is thought to have originated from either France or England, and was imported into the United States in 1799 by James Carter. They were planted on the grounds of Thomas Brewer in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which was later bought by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who named them after himself.
