Auguste June
PearAuguste June
Origin and History
Raised from a seed of the Beurré Giffard sown at the School of Horticulture in 1851.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small, growing in clusters; form variable, sometimes ovate, sometimes short-pyriform.
Skin: Pale green speckled with numerous gray dots at the early stage. At maturity, lemon-yellow, washed with deep blood red and shaded with violet on the side next the sun.
Flesh: White, slightly veined with yellow, fine-textured, buttery.
Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient; flavor sugary, vinous, and musky. Rated first quality (highest class).
Season
August.
Uses
Dessert pear (indicated by first quality rating).
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Published references: Pomologie de la France 1:No. 4, Pl. 4 (1863); Le Verger 2:61, fig. 29 (1866–73).
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.