Seckel pear: The Seckel pear (also called sugar pear) is a small, very sweet pear cultivar believed to be native to Pennsylvania.The Seckel is said to be named after the Pennsylvania farmer who first introduced it to the end of the XNUMXth century. It was one of the varieties planted at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson, who said it "surpassed anything I have tasted since leaving France, and equaled any pears I had seen there" . His high esteem for ...
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