Medium-sized short roundish-conic-pyriform shape. Cinnamon-colored russet almost fully covers the thick green skin, turning yellow when fully ripe. The flesh is fine textured, flavorful, juicy, sweet and aromatic. Fruit can remain on the tree through leaf fall in late autumn. High-yielding tree is covered in spring blossoms. Highly regarded as a late-season storage pear by Victorian gardeners, and achieving popularity in the mid-20th c. as an export crop from warmer markets in California, Australia and New Zealand. Z4. Maine Grown. (2½-6' bare-root trees)