If people would pay no more for seckel than for Choke pears, Choke pears would be the only ones in market, for they can be furnished with the least cost and trouble.
"Success With Small Fruits"
E. P. Roe
The San Saba may be regarded as a standard of quality among pecans, as the seckel is among pears.
"The Pecan and its Culture"
H. Harold Hume
Pear Relish: Wash and stem a gallon of sound ripe, but not mellow seckel pears, remove the blossoms with a very sharp narrow pen-knife, and stick a clove in each cut.
"Dishes & Beverages of the Old South"
Martha McCulloch Williams