Angora
Pear
Angora
Origin and History
Angora is a member of a group of pears loosely termed the Pound Pears. Some authors have considered it synonymous with Belle Angevine or Uvedale's St. Germain. The variety has an early documented history in Asia Minor: botanist M. Tournefort, in an account of a voyage undertaken in 1700 on command of King Louis XIV of France, recorded that he saw pears known as Angora in Constantinople and at Beibasas, Asia Minor. The variety was imported to France in 1832 by Léon Leclerc, who obtained it with difficulty from Constantinople through the French Ambassador at the Golden Horn.
Fruit
Size and Form: Above medium to large; pyriform, obtuse, swelled around the center, form rather irregular.
Skin: Thick and hard to cut; pale yellow, finely dotted with fawn and bearing patches of fawn.
Flesh and Flavor: White, rather coarse, semi-melting, with a gritty center. Juice plentiful and rich in sugar with a character reminiscent of sweet wine; little perfume. Rated as second quality.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October and November.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); references Leroy, Dict. Pom. 1:147, fig. (1867) and Mas, Pom. Gen. 5:35, fig. 306 (1880).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Angora. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:147, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:35, fig. 306. 1880.
This is a member of a group of pears rather loosely termed Pound Pears. By some authors Angora is given as a synonym for Belle Angevine or Uvedale's St. Germain. In an account of a voyage he undertook in 1700 on command of King Louis XIV of France, M. Tournefort, the noted botanist, states that he saw at Beibasas, Asia Minor, the pears known in Constantinople as Angora. In 1832, Léon Leclerc imported it into France from Constantinople, having obtained it with difficulty through the French Ambassador at the Golden Horn. Fruit above medium to large, pyriform, obtuse, swelled around the center, rather irregular in form; skin thick, hard to cut, pale yellow, finely dotted with fawn and bearing some patches of fawn; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-melting, gritty at the center; juice plentiful and rich in sugar after the manner of sweet wine, little perfume; second; Oct. and Nov.