Auguste June
PearAuguste June
Origin and History
Raised from a seed of the Beurré Giffard sown at the School of Horticulture in 1851. Published in Pomologie de la France (1863) and documented in Mas Le Verger (1866–73).
Fruit
Size and Form: Small fruit, notable for growing in clusters. Shape variable: sometimes ovate, sometimes short-pyriform.
Skin: Pale green ground color speckled with numerous gray dots. At maturity, becomes lemon-yellow and is washed with deep blood red, shaded with violet on the side next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white and slightly veined with yellow, fine and buttery in texture. Juice sufficient, with sugary, vinous, musky flavor. Quality rated as first (highest tier).
Season
Ripens in August.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Auguste June.
i. Pom. France 1:No. 4, Pl. 4. 1863. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:61, fig. 29. 1866-73.
Raised from a seed of the Beurré Giffard sown at the School of Horticulture, 1851. Fruit small, growing in clusters, sometimes ovate, sometimes short-pyriform, pale green speckled with numerous gray dots, lemon-yellow at maturity, washed with deep blood red, shaded with violet on the side next the sun; flesh white, slightly veined with yellow, fine, buttery; juice sufficient, sugary, vinous, musky; first; Aug.