Albertine
PearAlbertine Pear
Origin and History
A seedling raised by Van Mons, sent by him to Poiteau, author of the Pomologie Française, who named it in 1833 after his wife.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Small in size, pyriform-obovate in form. Skin rather thick and firm, water-green in color, sprinkled with numerous very small gray-brown specks; the basic green color changes to bright lemon-yellow on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh yellow, very fine-grained, dense, buttery, and melting. Juice abundant, vinous, and perfumed. Quality: first.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Albertine.
- Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:115. 1856. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:131, fig. 450. 1880.
This seedling, raised by Van Mons, was sent by him to Poiteau, author of the Pomologie Française, who, in 1833, named it after his wife. Fruit small, pyriform-obovate; skin rather thick, firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous very small gray-brown specks, the basic green changing to bright lemon-yellow on the side next the sun; flesh yellow, very fine, dense, buttery, melting; juice abundant, vinous, perfumed; first; Oct.