Beurré Bailly
PearBeurré Bailly
Origin / History
Raised from a seed bed of pips of a Doyenné made about 1836 by M. Bailly, a nurseryman near Lille, France (Hedrick). The parent tree first fruited in 1848. Downing records it as a variety originating in France, first fruited in 1848, under the name "Beurre Bailey," with Leroy cited as authority; Hedrick likewise cites Leroy.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Irregular; elongated pyriform (Downing). Long, bossed, assuming generally the form of the Calebasse (Hedrick).
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, golden-yellow (Hedrick), streaked with fawn color around the calyx, the fawn next the calyx.
Dots: Greenish gray, sown all over the surface (Hedrick).
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine ("exceedingly white and fine," Hedrick), half melting or semi-melting, juicy; rough near the core (Downing), somewhat gritty around the core (Hedrick). Sugary. Juice abundant, lacking much perfume but delicate (Hedrick). Quality "first" (Hedrick).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October and November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Beurre Bailey
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Beurre Bailey.
A variety that originated in France, and first fruited in 1848.
Fruit large, irregular, elongated pyriform, yellow, dotted with greenish gray, and with fawn color next the calyx. Flesh white, fine, half melting, juicy, sugary, rough near the core. October, November. (Leroy.)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Beurré Bailly. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:311, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 673. 1869. Raised from a seed bed of pips of a Doyenné¹ made about 1836 by M. Bailly, a nurseryman near Lille, Fr. The parent tree first fruited in 1848. Fruit large, long, assuming generally that of the Calebasse, bossed, irregular; color golden-yellow, sown all over with greenish-gray dots and streaked with fawn around the calyx; flesh exceedingly white and fine, semi-melting, juicy, somewhat gritty around the core; juice abundant, sugary, lacking much perfume but delicate; first; Oct. and Nov.