Belle et Bonne de Hée

Pear

Origin/History

Referenced in Kenrick's American Orchardist (1841) and Magazine of Horticulture (1842).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium
Flesh and Flavor: Melting and perfumed; of superior excellence

Season

Ripens in September (recorded ripening time at Paris).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Belle et Bonne de Hee.

i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 135. 1841. 2. Mag. Hort. 8:165. 1842.

Fruit medium; flesh melting and perfumed; of superior excellence; ripens at Paris in Sept.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)