Description

• Howell Pear Harvest: Mid Description: Medium to low vigour, heavily spurred, upright but drooping with fruit weight
• Medium small long oval leaf with attenuate tip, very small serrations
• Fruit is medium to medium large, obovate pyriform
• Skin is green to pale yellow, very smooth, attractive
• Disease Status: Appears resistant to scab, fire blight and blossom blast susceptible
• Chilling Requirement: High Pollination: Mid season
• Packham’s Triumph
• Taste: White buttery flesh, slightly granular, juicy, sweet, firm, medium texture
• Storage: Medium long Uses: Eating Background: A seedling of Jonah, Thomas Howell, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A
• 1840