Belle Guérandaise
PearBelle Guérandaise
Origin and History
M. Dion of Guérande, France, sowed a bed of mixed seeds in 1869 from which he obtained this variety. It first fruited in 1893 and was placed on the accepted list by the Pomological Society of France in 1904.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Ovate.
Skin: Lemon-yellow, often covered with fawn.
Flesh: Fine, very saccharine, and juicy, with a slight perfume of orange blossom.
Quality: Good.
Season
October and November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900) from England
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Belle Guérandaise.
- Cat. Cong. Pom. France 143, fig. 1906.
- Rev. Hort. 136, Pl. 1907.
M. Dion, Guérande, Fr., sowed in 1869 a bed of mixed seeds from which he obtained the variety here described. It first fruited in 1893 and was placed on the accepted list by the Pomological Society of France in 1904. Fruit large, ovate, lemon-yellow, often covered with fawn; flesh fine, very saccharine, juicy, with a slight perfume of orange blossom; good; Oct. and Nov.