Aglaé Adanson
PearAglaé Adanson
Origin/History
Obtained from seed by Van Mons in 1816. The variety is documented in Leroy's Dictionnaire Pomologique (1867) and as "Adanson Apothekerbirne" in Dochnahl's Führer durch die Obstkunde (1856).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small, pyriform but irregular, obtuse.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, finely dotted with russet, washed with bright rose on the cheek next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: White, coarse, breaking texture. Contains sufficient juice, scarcely any sugar, but full of perfume and flavor.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August and September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not mentioned.
Other
Quality rating: third (indicating mid-tier culinary or table quality in historical classification systems).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Aglaé Adanson. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:91, fig. 1867.
Adanson Apothekerbirne. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:181. 1856.
Obtained from seed by Van Mons in 1816. Fruit small, pyriform but irregular, obtuse, greenish-yellow, finely dotted with russet, and washed with bright rose on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, coarse, breaking, with sufficient juice, scarcely any sugar but full of perfume and flavor; third; Aug. and Sept.