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Chapin Pear on OHxF 97 (Spring 2024)


A seckel-type sweet pear that is fireblight resistant.

The tree is open, vase-form, productive, and vigorous. More importantly, it is highly resistant to fireblight making it a great pear for the home gardener.

Ready for harvest mid-August in NY, Chapin will ripen after about 2 weeks off the tree. This is a greenish-yellow, heavily russetted pear that is just a little larger than a Seckel (Sugar Pear). Like Seckel, one of its parents, Chapin is richly flavored, sweet, and aromatic. This is a snacking pear of the highest quality.

Chapin was bred in Geneva, NY by U.P. Hedrick. It was first introduced in 1945.

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The tree is open, vase-form, productive, and vigorous. More importantly, it is highly resistant to fireblight making it a great pear for the home gardener.

Ready for harvest mid-August in NY, Chapin will ripen after about 2 weeks off the tree. This is a greenish-yellow, heavily russetted pear that is just a little larger than a Seckel (Sugar Pear). Like Seckel, one of its parents, Chapin is richly flavored, sweet, and aromatic. This is a snacking pear of the highest quality.

Chapin was bred in Geneva, NY by U.P. Hedrick. It was first introduced in 1945.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Pear
Subcategory: European

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, baking, canning
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: russeted
Flesh color: off-white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: open-pollinated seedling of Seckel
Origin: New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, Geneva, NY
Introduced in: 1945
Introduced by: U.P. Hedrick

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 13 (approximate, in New York State) 7 days before Bartlett

Tree Height & Spacing

Rootstock: OHxF 97 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N

Diseases & Pests

Fireblight: Very Resistant

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Chapin Pear on OHxF 97. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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