Angleterre d'Hiver
PearAngleterre d'Hiver
Origin / History
According to Leroy this variety was grown in France in the middle of the seventeenth century, its grafts having been brought from England. Cited by Duhamel (Trait. Arb. Fr., 1768) and by Leroy (Dict. Pom., 1867, with figure). Downing calls it "an old Pear of little value, except as a keeper and for cooking."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large (Downing); medium (Hedrick).
Form: Acute pyriform (Downing); oblong-obovate-pyriform (Hedrick).
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish yellow with a brownish red tint in the sun (Downing); pale yellow, spotted with fawn and slightly washed with red (Hedrick).
Dots: Many, small, russet and black specks (Downing); spotted with fawn (Hedrick).
Flesh and flavor: Downing: flesh firm, rather dry, slightly acid. Hedrick: flesh white, semi-fine, melting, rather gritty around the core, juicy, sugary, with a sweet and agreeable flavor.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to April. Hedrick gives December to March; Downing gives February to April.
Uses
A good kitchen pear (Hedrick). Cooking and keeping (Downing).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Angleterre D'Hiver. Angoisse blanche. An old Pear of little value, except as a keeper and for cooking. Fruit large, acute pyriform, greenish yellow, with a brownish red tint in sun, many small russet and black specks. Flesh firm, rather dry, slightly acid. February to April.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Angleterre d'Hiver. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:198. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:138, fig. 1867.
According to Leroy this variety was grown in France in the middle of the seventeenth century, its grafts having been brought from England. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-pyriform, pale yellow, spotted with fawn and slightly washed with red; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, rather gritty around the core, juicy, sugary, with a sweet and agreeable flavor; a good kitchen pear; Dec. to Mar.