Belle-Fleurusienne

Pear

Belle-Fleurusienne

Origin/History Raised by M. Alexandra Bivort in 1849 at Saint-Remy, Belgium.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Obtuse-pyramidal

Skin: Smooth and somewhat shining, greenish-yellow; the whole surface is thickly strewed with large russet dots and specks; washed with rose on the side next the sun.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh/Flavor: Not described in source.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season December to February

Quality First (first-rate)

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-Fleurusienne.

i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:200, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 493. 1884.

Raised by M. Alexandra Bivort in 1849 at Saint-Remy, Bel. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyramidal; skin smooth and somewhat shining, greenish-yellow, the whole surface being thickly strewed with large russet dots and specks, and washed with rose on the side next the sun; first; Dec. to Feb.

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

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