Amédée Leclerc
PearAmédée Leclerc
Origin and History
Raised by Léon Leclerc in Laval, Mayenne, France. The variety first bore fruit in 1849.
Fruit
Size and Form Medium-sized, conic-cylindrical. The fruit is often irregular in form and bossed (having rounded, swollen protuberances on the surface).
Skin Pale yellow, dotted, streaked, and veined with russet.
Flesh White, fine, semi-melting.
Quality Second-class (rated as a secondary-quality pear).
Season
Matures in February.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie, 1:113, fig. (1867).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Amédée Leclerc. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:113, fig. 1867.
Raised by Léon Leclerc, Laval, Mayenne, Fr. It first bore fruit in 1849. Fruit medium, conic-cylindrical, often irregular in form and bossed, pale yellow, dotted, streaked and veined with russet; flesh white, fine, semi-melting; second; Feb.