General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Parentage: Sport of: Bon Chretien
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Pear
Also sold as:
  • Max Red

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UK National Fruit Collection photo
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on May 21, 2018 10:22 AM concerning plant:
    "The Red Bartlett, known also as 'Max Red', was first discovered as a bud sport on a standard Yellow Bartlett tree near Zillah, Washington in 1938. A 'bud sport' is a rare, naturally occurring transformation that develops spontaneously on fruit trees. The Red Bartlett pear was then cultivated by pear growers, resulting in the large crop we enjoy today." Excerpt from USAPears.org

    As with other pears, if allowed to ripen on the tree, these pears may become more gritty due to deposits of lignin and cellulose; they are much smoother in texture if picked and allowed to ripen at room temperature.

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