Its red color and fine dessert qualities make it a top seller at fresh markets. Limbs on the tree will occasionally revert back to regular Bartlett. These limbs must be cut out periodically to maintain the red strain. Red Bartlett is partially self-fruitful and is also pollinated by Clapp's Favorite, Potomac, Buerre D'Anjou and Buerre Bosc. Magness A medium-sized pear ripening about a week after Bartlett.
Skin is greenish, covered with light russet.
Fruit is short, pyriform in shape. Flesh is soft, juicy, and almost free of grit cells. Flavor is sweet and of high quality. Tree is vigorous, spreading, and very resistant to fireblight. Magness does not produce good pollen.