Cultivar 54: Pyrus Ovoidea

Pyrus Ovoidea is a pear listed here as a Chinese wild pear. South Dakota sources treat it as the revised name for Pyrus simoni after later taxonomic work at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. The station received it from the Arnold Arboretum and distributed it in its spring 1922 list. The bulletin places it among hardy pear introductions valued for breeding and stock use as well as fruit. [S2]

The fruit is described as about 1 5/8 inches in diameter, sweet, juicy, and of fair quality. The tree was also noted for its bright red fall foliage, which made it attractive beyond the fruit. [S2]

The surrounding pear section in Bulletin 224 focuses on northern hardiness, blight resistance, and the use of vigorous pear material for nursery stock and hybridizing. Pyrus Ovoidea appears in that context, but this page does not give a direct zone rating or a specific statement about its winter survival. [S2]

In this archive, Pyrus Ovoidea should be treated as a taxonomic or species level pear entry, not a named dessert cultivar. It is also listed as a parent in later breeding records for Vinnaja Selenaja, which shows its breeding value, not evidence about its own parentage. [S2]

Summary source basis

• S1: New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest
• S2: Plant Introductions

This summary currently draws chiefly from Plant Introductions, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.

Featured source descriptions

“Received from the Arnold Arboretum, Boston.”
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“Indexed to Bulletin 224, page 35.”
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“The fruit is sweet, juicy and of fair quality.”
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Derived or downstream cultivar links

• Vinnaja Selenaja (lineage link)

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