Hi all,.
Carla in Sacramento sent me this European pear scion about 4 years ago and it finally fruited. ID?
Tony
Might be bartlett
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My thought as well but I was hesitant to post since I’m no pear expert.
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I’d eat it.
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Sure looks like a Bartlett aka Williams pear. The ripening time is right as well. Did it ripen on the tree? If it did it’s most likely Bartlett.
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Yes, It turned yellow and fell off the tree.
Tony
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@Chikn, I agree! It looks perfectly delicious!
After seeing this type of question here a few times, it made me wonder if there was a concrete and conclusive way to identify a fruit variety. A quick online search showed that UC Davis will do a DNA variety analysis. Only $345 per sample. Yikes! I guess that is why people post pictures and ask for opinions here instead!
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Tony can you post a picture of the leaves as well? That pear should have some grit but not a lot when you eat it. Some years they are more gritty than others. Bartletts are juicy when they are ripe which will help with identification.
The problem with Bartlett is there are many dozens of good Bartlett seedlings out there and its hard to tell them all apart. This one is a bit more bumpy and squat than your average Bartlett and so it could be Packham’s Triumph. Or maybe it is in fact Bartlett. Or it is some other Bartlett seedling.
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That sounds like the $345 question! 
I rather eat it! I meant the pear… 
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They do look like Bartlett to me. Like Scott said Bartlett has been used for breeding a lot of pears so we should not rule out others because it could be one of those. If I was a betting man my money would be on Bartlett.
perhaps the coscia variety or ercolini
It also looks like the variety early morettini
its pearl It looks like the Williams (Bartlett), but I have some doubts by maturity dates.
williams must mature at the end of August, I live in climate zone 9A and my wiliams and red wiliams still are not ripe … you live in climate zone 5 is not logical that mature in your area rather than mine.
This variety is similar to williams and mature almost 2 months before wiliams, maybe this could be your pear variety
Thank You will do some reading now
Moonglow. Just a guess
I think that those pears are Patrick’s Seek No Further Pear. Yeah, I’m sure of it! Those are nice looking pears and I think PSNF is a perfect name!
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Thank You All
One member of MidFEx identified it as a Magness pear. His came out looking exactly like my pictures. ???
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