Besi Liboutton
PearBesi Liboutton
Origin & History
Origin uncertain. The variety was cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France, by 1844. References in foundational pomological works: Field Pear Cult. (1858) and Leroy's Dict. Pom. (1867).
Fruit
Size & Form Medium fruit, globular, regular in form, resembling an apple, deeply depressed at either pole.
Skin Green, turning slightly yellow at maturity, sprinkled with large dots and some fawn-colored stains.
Flesh & Flavor Flesh white, fine, semi-melting, gritty. Juice sufficient. Flavor sugary, vinous, rather pleasantly perfumed.
Quality & Season Second quality (adequate but not first-rate). Ripens mid-August to mid-September.
Sources:
- Hedrick, U.P. The Pears of New York. 1921.
- Field Pear Cult. 278. 1858.
- Leroy, A. Dict. Pom. 1:277, fig. 1867.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Besi Liboutton.
- Field Pear Cult. 278. 1858.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:277, fig. 1867.
Origin uncertain, but it was cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr., in 1844. Fruit medium, globular, regular in form, resembling an apple, deeply depressed at either pole, green turning slightly yellow at maturity, sprinkled with large dots and some fawn-colored stains; flesh white, fine, semi-melting, gritty; juice sufficient, sugary, vinous, rather pleasantly perfumed; second; mid-Aug. to mid-Sept.