Auguste June
PearAuguste June
Origin / History
Raised from a seed of the Beurré Giffard sown at the School of Horticulture, 1851. Figured in Pomologie de la France (1863) and in Mas, Le Verger (1866–73).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small, growing in clusters.
Form: Sometimes ovate, sometimes short-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: 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.
Dots: Numerous, gray, on the pale green ground.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, slightly veined with yellow, fine, buttery; juice sufficient, sugary, vinous, musky. Quality "first."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— 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.