Heirloom Fruit Watercolors

Heirloom Pear Varieties in Watercolour

199 historic pear cultivars from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942)

Between 1886 and 1942 the U.S. Department of Agriculture commissioned artists to paint thousands of pear cultivars as official identification records. Browse the historic pears below — many are heritage varieties no longer found in shops.

Akarian pear
Akarian
America pear
America
Angouleme pear
Angouleme
Anjou pear
Anjou
Ansault pear
Ansault
Arbre Courbe pear
Arbre Courbe
Arnold pear
Arnold
Austrian Vergaleuse pear
Austrian Vergaleuse
Ayer pear
Ayer
B.S. Fox pear
B.S. Fox
Baldwin pear
Baldwin
Bartlett pear
Bartlett
Bartlett Select pear
Bartlett Select
Baseck pear
Baseck
Beierschmitt pear
Beierschmitt
Belle Angevine pear
Belle Angevine
Bergamote Esperens pear
Bergamote Esperens
Bergamotte Heitrich pear
Bergamotte Heitrich
Beurre Baltet pear
Beurre Baltet
Beurre d' Hiver pear
Beurre d' Hiver
Bloodgood pear
Bloodgood
Bon Chretien de Vernois pear
Bon Chretien de Vernois
Bosc pear
Bosc
Bossock pear
Bossock
Buffum pear
Buffum
Canners Japan pear
Canners Japan
Cayuga pear
Cayuga
Cincincis pear
Cincincis
Clairgeau pear
Clairgeau
Clairgeau x Howell pear
Clairgeau x Howell
Clapp pear
Clapp
Clapps Favorite pear
Clapps Favorite
Cobert pear
Cobert
Coles Winter pear
Coles Winter
Comice pear
Comice
Conference pear
Conference
Conkleton pear
Conkleton
Coreless pear
Coreless
Cornice pear
Cornice
Crassane Bergamot pear
Crassane Bergamot
Crawford W. Long pear
Crawford W. Long
Dana Hovey pear
Dana Hovey
Desportes pear
Desportes
Deweys Premium pear
Deweys Premium
Dixie pear
Dixie
Dorsett pear
Dorsett
Douglas pear
Douglas
Doyenne d' Alencon pear
Doyenne d' Alencon
Doyenne DEte pear
Doyenne DEte
Doyenne Jamain pear
Doyenne Jamain
Doyenne Levavasseur pear
Doyenne Levavasseur
Doyenne Sieulle pear
Doyenne Sieulle
Drouard pear
Drouard
Druard pear
Druard
Duchess de Bourdeaux pear
Duchess de Bourdeaux
Duchess Precoce pear
Duchess Precoce
Duchesse Bordeaux pear
Duchesse Bordeaux
Dudley Houghton pear
Dudley Houghton
Duhamel du Monceau pear
Duhamel du Monceau
Early Bartlett pear
Early Bartlett
Early Elliot pear
Early Elliot
Early Harvest pear
Early Harvest
Easter pear
Easter
Easter Bergamot pear
Easter Bergamot
Easter Beurre pear
Easter Beurre
Eastern Belle pear
Eastern Belle
Edmundo pear
Edmundo
Elizabeth pear
Elizabeth
English Jargonelle pear
English Jargonelle
Epworth pear
Epworth
Erwin pear
Erwin
Euverdael St. Germain pear
Euverdael St. Germain
Favorita pear
Favorita
Figue d'Alencon pear
Figue d'Alencon
Fitzwater pear
Fitzwater
Flemish Beauty pear
Flemish Beauty
Flemish Beauty & Louise Bonne pear
Flemish Beauty & Louise Bonne
Florida pear
Florida
Florida Bartlett pear
Florida Bartlett
Forella pear
Forella
Forella Birne pear
Forella Birne
Frederick Clapp pear
Frederick Clapp
French Jargonelle pear
French Jargonelle
Gansel Bergamotte pear
Gansel Bergamotte
Gansel Seckel pear
Gansel Seckel
Garber pear
Garber
Giffard pear
Giffard
Glout Morceau pear
Glout Morceau
Good Christian pear
Good Christian
Goodale pear
Goodale
Gray Doyenne pear
Gray Doyenne
Groveland pear
Groveland
Hardy pear
Hardy
Hawaii pear
Hawaii
Heyst pear
Heyst
Holland pear
Holland
Hood pear
Hood
Howell pear
Howell
Hybrid Seedling pear
Hybrid Seedling
Idaho pear
Idaho
Japan Golden Russet pear
Japan Golden Russet
Johnsons Nameless Winter pear
Johnsons Nameless Winter
Jones pear
Jones
Josephine pear
Josephine
Jungferbirne pear
Jungferbirne
Karr pear
Karr
Kieffer pear
Kieffer
Kieffer Cross pear
Kieffer Cross
Kieffer Most Green pear
Kieffer Most Green
Kieffer x Seckel pear
Kieffer x Seckel
King Karl pear
King Karl
Konig Karl von Wurttemberg pear
Konig Karl von Wurttemberg
Kraus pear
Kraus
Lamartine pear
Lamartine
Lancaster pear
Lancaster
Lawrence pear
Lawrence
Lawson pear
Lawson
Lawson Comet pear
Lawson Comet
Le Conte pear
Le Conte
Liegel pear
Liegel
Lincoln pear
Lincoln
Longworth pear
Longworth
Lucrative pear
Lucrative
Lucy Duke pear
Lucy Duke
Lyerly pear
Lyerly
Lyman pear
Lyman
Madam Treyve pear
Madam Treyve
Madam von Seiboldt pear
Madam von Seiboldt
Magnate pear
Magnate
Magnolia pear
Magnolia
Maynard pear
Maynard
Michigan U.S. 431 pear
Michigan U.S. 431
Michigan U.S. 504 pear
Michigan U.S. 504
Michigan U.S. 550 pear
Michigan U.S. 550
Mikado pear
Mikado
Moores No. 2 pear
Moores No. 2
Moores Sugar pear
Moores Sugar
Mt. Vernon pear
Mt. Vernon
Napoleon pear
Napoleon
Nuns Thigh pear
Nuns Thigh
Ogerean pear
Ogerean
Olivier pear
Olivier
Onondaga pear
Onondaga
Osbands Summer pear
Osbands Summer
Ovid pear
Ovid
Ozark pear
Ozark
P. Barry pear
P. Barry
Passe Crassane pear
Passe Crassane
Patten pear
Patten
Pear Apple pear
Pear Apple
Peyton pear
Peyton
Pillsbury pear
Pillsbury
Pineapple pear
Pineapple
Pioneer pear
Pioneer
Pound pear
Pound
President pear
President
President Drouard pear
President Drouard
President Gilbert pear
President Gilbert
Pulteney pear
Pulteney
Reader pear
Reader
Reading Winter pear
Reading Winter
Reeder pear
Reeder
Rossney pear
Rossney
Rostiezer pear
Rostiezer
Rutter pear
Rutter
Sand pear
Sand
Seckel pear
Seckel
Shaw pear
Shaw
Shindel pear
Shindel
Snyder pear
Snyder
Souvenir du Congress pear
Souvenir du Congress
Spina del Carpio pear
Spina del Carpio
Stuyvesant pear
Stuyvesant
Sudduth pear
Sudduth
Summer Beauty pear
Summer Beauty
Superfine pear
Superfine
Swedish pear
Swedish
Texas Iron Clad pear
Texas Iron Clad
Treyve pear
Treyve
Triumph pear
Triumph
Triumph de Vienne pear
Triumph de Vienne
Tyson pear
Tyson
Ulm pear
Ulm
Van Cott pear
Van Cott
Van Fleet pear
Van Fleet
Vermont Beauty pear
Vermont Beauty
Vicar of Winkfield pear
Vicar of Winkfield
Victoria pear
Victoria
Vinson pear
Vinson
Wallis pear
Wallis
White Doyenne pear
White Doyenne
White Star pear
White Star
Wiest pear
Wiest
Wilder pear
Wilder
Wilder Early pear
Wilder Early
Willard pear
Willard
Winter Bartlett pear
Winter Bartlett
Winter Nelis pear
Winter Nelis
Worden Seckel pear
Worden Seckel