Open pollinated seedling of Seckel produced by the New York Agric. Exp. Station, introduced for trial in 1935. Fruit size below medium to small, larger than Seckel; obovate pyriform, distinct neck. Skin greenish-yellow to yellow overspread with attractive red resembling Seckel. Flesh yellow, soft, fine, tender, buttery, juicy, sweet, stone cells absent. Flavor good to very good. Harvest date third week in August, one week preceeding Bartlett. Keeps reasonably well in storage for such an early variety. Early variety of Seckel type. One of best flavored and attractive of the early season varieties. Although larger than Seckel, small fruit a disadvantage but of possible value for local use and home gardens. -- F.S. Howlett, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 1957. Early Seckel (PI 541184).-Originated in Geneva, N.Y., by U.P. Hedrick, New York State Agriculture Experiment Station. Introduced in 1935. Seckel o.p.; seed collected in 1906; first full crop in 1915. Fruit: resembles Seckel but ripens 2 to 3 weeks earlier; keeps in storage longer than Seckel; recommended for local and roadside markets. Tree: round topped, spreading; vigor medium. -- Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.
'Rostiezer' - Origin uncertain. It was, however, received from A.N. Baumann, Bollweiler, Alsace, by R. Manning, Salem, Mass. in 1834 or1835. Often called 'Early Seckel' in the west. Fruit medium or below, pyriform, regular in form, grass-green on the shaded side, reddish on the exposed face and sprinkled with small gray dots; flesh greenish-white, fine, melting, rather granular below the core; juice very abundant, vinous, acidulous, very saccharine, with a most delicate flavor; first; last of August. -- Hedrick, 1921, The Pears of New York