Alouette
PearAlouette
Origin/History
A chance seedling discovered by André Leroy in 1850 in the commune of Saulgé-l'Hôpital, Maine-et-Loire, France. The parent tree appeared to be approximately 80 years old at the time of discovery. The fruit was introduced in 1855.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small, nearly obtuse, globular-pyriform.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, sprinkled with ash-colored spots, and slightly washed with carmine on the side toward the sun.
Flesh: Coarse, white, breaking, and rather gritty.
Quality: Second-rate.
Season
Mid-September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Reference: Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:101, fig. 1867.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Alouette. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:101, fig. 1867.
A chance seedling found by André Leroy in 1850 in the commune of Saulgé-l'Hôpital, Maine-et-Loire, Fr. The parent tree appeared at that time to be about 80 years old. The fruit was introduced in 1855. Fruit small, nearly obtuse, globular-pyriform, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with ash-colored spots, and slightly washed with carmine on the side toward the sun; flesh coarse, white, breaking and rather gritty; second; mid-Sept.