Steve, to the best of my knowledge Boston Market is one of hundreds that are no longer around.
Synonyms for it are:
Alpha
Extra Early Red
Fulton Market
General Grant
......from Gregory, 1872 and Bailey, 1887
Alpha is extinct
Extra Early Red, ditto
Fulton Market, ditto
General Grant someone started listing a few years ago but there was no documentation and the person listing just found a red in the general region of PA where that variety apparently came from and decided to call it General Grant.
I don't know if you're looking for Boston Market specifically or seeds available for even older varieties and I mean much older than Boston Market.
Pre-1800 varieties still available would include Roi Humberto, Green Gage and Red and Yellow Pears, for example.
And there were many varieties older than Boston Market for which seeds are still available, such as Trophy, Large Red, Paragon and quite a few of the A.W. Livingston varieties.
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