Apple Pear
PearApple Pear
Origin and History
This variety is of ancient but unknown origin. The pear here described is the German variety spoken of by J. V. Sickler about 1800 and extensively grown in the environs of Sachsenburg and Kanneburg, also historically known as Poire-Pomme. Several varieties have been described under the name Apple Pear; this entry refers specifically to the German type, which was recorded in Prince's Pomological Manual (vol. 1, 1831), Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (p. 662, 1869), and Mas's Pomologie Générale (vol. 1, p. 173 with figure 87, 1872).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Below medium in size, globular-oblate in form, not regular. Skin olive-yellow, much dotted and russeted, moderately washed with brownish-red on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh yellowish-white, watery, fine and melting, granular around the core, without much perfume. Quality is second class.
Season
Ripens in November and December.
Uses
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)Apple Pear.
- Prince Pom. Man. 1:1831.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 662. 1869. Poire-Pomme.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 1:173, fig. 87. 1872.
This variety is of ancient but unknown origin. Several varieties have been described under this name, but the pear here described is the German variety spoken of by J. V. Sickler about 1800 and extensively grown in the environs of Sachsenburg and Kanneburg. Fruit below medium, globular-oblate, not regular, olive-yellow, much dotted and russeted, and moderately washed with brownish-red on the side exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, watery, fine and melting, granular around the core, without much perfume; second; Nov. and Dec.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Apple", pp. 431–431]
Apple. 1. Griffing Bros. Cat. 12, fig. 1909.
Said to have originated near Palatka, Fla., from a Japanese sort and introduced about 1909. Fruit large, roundish, light green becoming lemon-yellow; flesh white, crisp, juicy; ripens with Le Conte.