Kieffer Pear

The Kieffer has earned its place as one of the most popular pear selections for deer orchards. It’s also pretty tasty.

“Grown from a seed of a Sand Pear by Peter Kieffer of Roxborough, Pennsylvania. Presumed to be a cross of Sand Pear and Bartlett. First fruited in 1863 and the first Sand Pear hybrid to assume importance. It is the standard by which other varieties of the group are judged. Fruit medium or larger in size, ovate in form, usually pointed at both stem and calyx ends. Flesh gritty, fairly juicy, tender but not fully buttery. Fair in dessert quality, quite satisfactory for culinary purposes. Improves in quality if harvested at the proper time and ripened at a constant tempeature of 65 degrees F. Tree fairly vigorous, moderately productive, somewhat resistant to fire blight.” -- H. Hartman, 1957-- Description provided by National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvalis, Oregon.

Drop Time: August- October
Zones: 5-9
Fruit Size: Medium

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