A high-quality, cold-hardy dessert pear, resistant to fire blight. Origin: at South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, by R.M. Peterson and J.R. Waples; released in 1988. Not patented. South Dakota F15 × Ewart; cross made in 1954. Background includes Pyrus ussuriensis and P. pyrifolia, as well as P. communis. Tested as South Dakota 69-S-1 and South Dakota 55-8-22. Tree: upright; medium vigor; moderately productive. Fruit: 56 to 74 mm in diam., 60 to 76 mm long; turbinate; skin green-yellow with numerous russet dots; thick skin. Flesh firm, yellow, coarse, crisp, and juicy like Asian pear; European pear flavor. Ripens third week of September at Brookings.
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