Beurré Bailly

Pear

Beurré Bailly

Origin/History

Raised from a seed bed of pips of a Doyenné, sown about 1836 by M. Bailly, a nurseryman near Lille, France. The parent tree first fruited in 1848. (Hedrick; Downing gives the fruiting date identically.)

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Long, irregular; Downing describes it as elongated pyriform; Hedrick describes it as generally assuming the form of the Calebasse, bossed and irregular.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Golden-yellow, sown all over with greenish-gray dots, streaked with fawn around the calyx.

Flesh/Flavor: Exceedingly white and fine, semi-melting, juicy; gritty (Downing: rough) around the core. Juice abundant, sugary; lacking much perfume but delicate in flavor. Hedrick rates it first quality.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October and November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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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.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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.

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

Beurre Bailey