Avocat Tonnelier
PearAvocat Tonnelier
Origin / History
The parent tree of Avocat Tonnelier was raised at Nancy, France, about the year 1848. Described in Revue Horticole, 1893, p. 19.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium and above.
Form: Globular-obtuse-pyriform, swelled at base.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Good yellow-orange at maturity.
Dots: Finely dotted with rose.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh very dense, white, slightly tinted, melting or slightly breaking, juicy, very sugary, of sweet savor, rather recalling that of Bon Chrétien d'Hiver.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
All winter.
Uses
First for cooking.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Avocat Tonnelier.
- Rev. Hort. 19. 1893. The parent tree of Avocat Tonnelier was raised at Nancy, Fr., about the year 1848. Fruit medium and above, globular-obtuse-pyriform, swelled at base, good yellow-orange at maturity, finely dotted with rose; flesh very dense, white, slightly tinted, melting or slightly breaking, juicy, very sugary, of sweet savor, rather recalling that of Bon Chretien d'Hiver; first for cooking; all winter.