Kieffern.
/ˈkiːfə/ Used attributively in Kieffer pear to designate a variety of yellow-skinned pear ( Pyrus pyrifolia var culta x P. communis) developed by Kieffer. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear
calewey1377
choke-pear1530
muscadel1555
lording1573
bon-chrétienc1575
Burgundian pear1578
king pear1585
amiot1600
bergamot1600
butter pear1600
dew-pear1600
greening1600
bottle pear1601
gourd-pear1601
critling1611
pearc1612
nutmeg1629
rosewater pear1629
amber pear1638
Christian1651
chesil1664
diego1664
frith-pear1664
primate1664
saffron pear1664
Windsor pear1664
nonsuch1674
muscat1675
burnt-cat1676
ambrette1686
sanguinole1693
satin1693
St. Germain pear1693
amadot1706
burree1719
Doyenne1731
beurré1736
colmar1736
chaumontel1755
Marie Louise1817
seckel1817
vergaloo1828
Passe Colmar1837
glou-morceau1859
London sugar1860
Kieffer pear1880
sand pear1880
sandy pear1884
nashi1892
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of
calewey1377
honey peara1400
pome-pear1440
pome-wardena1513
choke-pear1530
muscadel1555
worry pear1562
lording1573
bon-chrétienc1575
Burgundian pear1578
king pear1585
pound pear1585
poppering1597
wood of Jerusalem1597
muscadine1598
amiot1600
bergamot1600
butter pear1600
dew-pear1600
greening1600
mollart1600
roset1600
wax pear1600
bottle pear1601
gourd-pear1601
Venerian pear1601
musk pear1611
rose pear1611
pusill1615
Christian1629
nutmeg1629
rolling pear1629
surreine1629
sweater1629
amber pear1638
Venus-pear1648
horse-pear1657
Martin1658
russet1658
rousselet1660
diego1664
frith-pear1664
maudlin1664
Messire Jean1664
primate1664
sovereign1664
spindle-pear1664
stopple-pear1664
sugar-pear1664
virgin1664
Windsor pear1664
violet-pear1666
nonsuch1674
muscat1675
burnt-cat1676
squash pear1676
rose1678
Longueville1681
maiden-heart1685
ambrette1686
vermilion1691
admiral1693
sanguinole1693
satin1693
St. Germain pear1693
pounder pear1697
vine-pear1704
amadot1706
marchioness1706
marquise1706
Margaret1707
short-neck1707
musk1708
burree1719
marquis1728
union pear1728
Doyenne pear1731
Magdalene1731
beurré1736
colmar1736
Monsieur Jean1736
muscadella1736
swan's egg1736
chaumontel1755
St Michael's pear1796
Williams1807
Marie Louise1817
seckel1817
Bartlett1828
vergaloo1828
Passe Colmar1837
glou-morceau1859
London sugar1860
snow-pear1860
Comice1866
Kieffer pear1880
sand pear1880
sandy pear1884
snowy pear1884
1879 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 21/1 (heading) A New Pear—Kieffer's Hybrid.
1879 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 21/1 Mr. Parry secured the original tree, and has called the new variety ‘Kieffer's Hybrid’.]
1880 Gardener's Monthly Feb. 49/1 The Kieffer Pear.—A contemporary asks what evidence there is that this is a hybrid between the Chinese Sand Pear, and the ordinary garden variety?
1901 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: N–Q 1242/2 The Kieffer Pear originated with Peter Kieffer, of Roxborough, Philadelphia, an Alsatian gardener.
1901 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: N–Q 1242/2 The Kieffer Pear is now very popular in many parts of the country because of its great vigor, healthfulness, productiveness, and the keeping qualities of the fruit.
1901 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: N–Q 1243/1 Such varieties as Kieffer and Bartlett are usually classed as self-sterile kinds.
1916 L. H. Bailey Pruning-man. v. 116 Young pear trees, particularly of the Kieffer type, make very long and erect growths.
1948 W. Stevens Let. 19 Aug. (1967) 610 I..asked him to try to find Kieffer pears for me this autumn.
1961 M. W. Black in Hyams & Jackson Orchard & Fruit Garden xxix. 160/1 Each of the other export varieties [of pear] (Beurré Hardy,..Winter Nelis, Kieffer, Josephine de Malines, Doyenné du Comice, etc.) are tested individually.
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