[Sca-cooks] Period pear varieties?

[Jennifer Carlson]

All the discussion of period apples has got me wondering about pears.  Here in Oklahoma, we only get Bartlett's (green and red), d'Anjou, and Bosc.  For the first time yesterday I found seckle (sp?), which were tiny and wonderfully sweet but with a bitterish skin.  Is this a period variety?  Are any period varieties of pears available in the U.S.?
 
Talana
Still cursing who ever bought up my local grocer's ENTIRE stock of quinces this season.
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