Belle de Martigny
PearBelle de Martigny
Origin/History
First documented in Magazin of Horticulture 8:431 (1842). Exhibited by Mantel at the inaugural annual meeting of the New York Horticultural and Floricultural Society in New York, September 1842.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
One specimen was reported as weighing 9 oz. All other characteristics — form, size, stem, cavity, calyx, basin, skin texture and color, flesh, flavor, and seeds — are not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
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 Martigny. i. Mag. Hort. 8:431. 1842. Exhibited by Mantel at the first annual meeting of the New York Horticultural and Floricultural Society, held in New York, September, 1842. One fruit of this variety was reported as weighing 9 oz.