Benoit Caroli
PearBenoit Caroli
Origin/History Introduced by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Belgium as a new variety in 1895. (Guide Prat. 103, 1895)
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit
- Size: medium
- Skin: yellow, finely dotted, washed with reddish-brown on the cheek exposed to the sun
- Flesh: white, greenish toward the upper part; buttery, almost melting
- Flavor: saccharine and pleasantly perfumed
- Form, stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds: Not described in source
Season December
Uses Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants 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)Benoit Caroli.
- Guide Prat. 103. 1895.
Introduced by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., as a new variety in 1895. Fruit medium, yellow, finely dotted, washed with reddish-brown on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh white, greenish toward the upper part, buttery, almost melting, saccharine and pleasantly perfumed; Dec.