Belle de Bruxelles sans Pepins
PearBelle de Bruxelles sans Pepins
Origin / History
Notwithstanding its name, Belle de Bruxelles sans Pepins is not certainly of Belgian origin. It was known in Normandy at the beginning of the nineteenth century under the name Fanfareau. In Germany it was cultivated before 1789, where it was called Grosse-Bergamotte d'Été. It appears most probably to have been of German origin.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large, and sometimes medium.
Form: Spherical, depressed at both poles, generally more swelled on one side than on the other.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow-green, dotted and streaked with russet.
Dots: Russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, semi-fine, melting, interspersed with greenish specks, slightly gritty at the center. Juice sufficient, saccharine, acidulous, slightly musky. Second in quality, for the reason that it so easily becomes soft.
Core and seeds: Free from seeds or core.
Season
August and September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)Belle de Bruxelles sans Pepins.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:193, 194, fig. 1867.
Notwithstanding its name this variety is not certainly of Belgian origin. It was known in Normandy at the beginning of the nineteenth century under the name Fanfareau. In Germany it was cultivated before 1789 where it was called Grosse-Bergamotte d'Été. It appears most probably to have been of German origin. Fruit large and sometimes medium, spherical, depressed at both poles, generally more swelled on one side than on the other, yellow-green dotted and streaked with russet; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, interspersed with greenish specks, slightly gritty at the center, free from seeds or core; juice sufficient, saccharine, acidulous, slightly musky; second for the reason that it so easily becomes soft; Aug. and Sept.