Bartlett
Also known as Williams +1
Williams · Williams Bon Chrétien
An aromatic pear widely used both fresh and for canning.
Origin · Aldermaston, Berkshire, England
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- very high
- Scent
- Strong pear aroma.
- Used for
- Pear
Ask whether farm-bought pears have already been conditioned. Check the neck as they ripen instead of counting days alone.
extension guidance · Pennsylvania extension guidance for European pears from home orchards
Read the evidence
Penn State distinguishes brief chilling for Bartlett from longer chilling for winter pears such as Bosc. After conditioning, it gives approximate ripening times of five days for Bartlett and seven for Bosc at 65–75°F and high humidity; slight yielding below the stem is the eating cue.
- Fruit tested
- Source-described harvest, ripening or storage conditions; not a sample from an atlas farm.
- Varieties compared
- Bartlett, Bosc
- Use studied
- Fresh eating
How to spot it
- Skin
- Ripe skin colour yellow
- Shape
- pear shaped
Harvest & storage
- Ripening
- The skin changes from green to yellow during ripening.
Origin & family
Where Bartlett began
Recorded origin
Aldermaston, Berkshire, England
United Kingdom
Bartlett’s family
4 varieties · 3 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
Bartlett
Aldermaston, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Field notes
Original source notes
- shape
- pear shapedusapears.org ↗
- aroma
- Strong pear aroma.usapears.org ↗
- skin colour ripe
- yellowusapears.org ↗
- ripeness cue
- The skin changes from green to yellow during ripening.usapears.org ↗
- sweetness
- very highusapears.org ↗
Fruit & tree
- sports
- Arnold Biggar Russet Bartlett Double Williams Knock-Out Russet Bartlett Max-Red Bartlett Moyer Russet Bartlett Nye Russet Bartlett Parburton Redbald 66 Russet Bartlett Striped Williams
- synonyms
- Bartlett
- father to
- Beth Butirra di Roma
- mother to
- Andre Desportes Beurre Mortillet Butirra Precoce Morettini Bristol Cross Delbias
Photos
RhododendritesCC BY-SA 4.0 Bartlett (Williams) pear.