Aime Ogereau

Pear

Aime Ogereau

Origin & History

Raised in the nurseries of André Leroy, Angers, France. It fruited for the first time in 1862.

Fruit

Size: Medium or small.

Form: Obovate-obtuse.

Skin: Lemon-yellow, sprinkled with brown dots; seldom colored on the sun-exposed side.

Flesh: White, melting, remarkable especially for its extreme fineness.

Flavor: Juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, flavored with a delicious savor of musk.

Quality: First.

Season

Mid-September.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Aime Ogereau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:96, fig. 1867.

Raised in the nurseries of André Leroy, Angers, Fr. It fruited for the first time in 1862.

Fruit medium or small, obovate-obtuse, lemon-yellow, sprinkled with brown dots, seldom colored on the sun-exposed side; flesh white, melting, remarkable especially for its extreme fineness; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, flavored with a delicious savor of musk; first; mid-Sept.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)