Botanical Name: Prunus cerasus
Description: MNRC - Recognized for many years as the hardiest pear from the University of Minnesota, released in 1985.  Free of fireblight.  An annual bearer.  Fruit is pyriform in shape, 2-3" in diameter and 3-3" long.  Blooms early in May.  The fruit should be harvested in mid-August when crisp and still green with a red blush.  Fruit harvested at that time is sweet and crisp, and may be stored up to 2 months.  Use either Parker or Patten as pollinator.  No Canada.