THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 579 
lobes short, erect; basin shallow, slightly corrugated; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, 
aromatic; good to very good; Oct. 
Wharton Early. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 560. 1857. 
Précoce de Wharton. 2. Guide Prat. 113. 1876. 
Origin unknown. Fruit medium, oblong-acute-pyriform, pale yellow, with traces of 
russet, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots; stem long, curved, rather slender, set in 
a slight cavity, sometimes by a lip; calyx open in a small basin; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, 
sweet, slightly musky; good to very good; Aug. 
Wheeler. 1. Mag. Hort. 24:505, fig. 21. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 880. 
1869. 
About 1836 a maiden lady of Greenwich, R. I., planted the core of a Gardener pear, 
from which sprang a tree, fruit of which was brought to the attention of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society by Dr. Wheeler of Greenwich in 1851. The Society named the 
pear in honor of Dr. Wheeler. Tree vigorous, upright. Fruit medium, roundish-obovate, 
pale yellowish-green, mottled with greenish patches and dotted with numerous gray and 
green dots; stem medium, set in a small contracted cavity; calyx open, set in an uneven, 
abrupt basin; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Aug. 
Whieldon. 1. U.S. D.A. Rpt. 127, fig., Pl. XI. 1863. 
McLellan. 2. Am. Pom Soc. Rpt. 151. 1862. 
Originated in the garden of Wm. W. Whieldon, Concord, Mass., and first brought to 
notice about 1862. Tree moderately vigorous, upright-spreading, a profuse bearer. Fruit 
medium or above; obtuse-obovate, yellowish-green, tinged with red in the sun, dotted 
and netted with russet, stem long, slender, slightly inclined, set in a shallow cavity; calyx 
open, set in a medium sized, uneven basin; segments recurved; flesh whitish, a little gritty 
near the core, juicy, melting, buttery, sweet, pleasant, slightly aromatic; good to very 
good; Sept. 
White Genneting. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 16209. 
“The White Genneting is a reasonable good peare, yet not equall to the other.” 
White Longland. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 664. 1884. 
Said to be a good stewing pear, cooking to a splendid red color, but coarse and rough 
in flavor; also used for perry. Fruit medium, turbinate, even, regular, yellowish-green, 
pale red next the sun, thickly sprinkled with large russet dots, with lines of russet and 
a patch round the stalk; calyx open, set in a shallow basin; stem rather short, straight, 
inserted in a narrow, shallow cavity; flesh yellowish, firm; coarse-grained, with a brisk, 
sweet juice. 
White Seedling. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:522. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 881. 1869. 
Semis de White. 3. Guide Prat. 75, 292. 1895. 
A native of New Haven, Conn., exhibited in 1853. Tree vigorous, very productive.. 
Fruit medium, roundish-obovate to oblong-obovate, greenish-yellow, sometimes with a. 
brownish-blush in the sun, considerably netted and patched with russet, sprinkled with 
many russet dots; stem long, inclined, set in a shallow cavity, often by a fleshy lip; calyx 
open, with short, erect lobes, set in a small, uneven basin; flesh yellowish, juicy, melting; 
sweet, aromatic; good to very good; Oct. to Feb. 
