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Beurre de Grumkon

Pear

Beurre de Grumkon

Origin/History Not described in source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large to very large.

Form: Very irregular, obtuse-pyriform, bossed, tolerably convex.

Skin: Smooth; green, washed with light brown.

Flesh: Whitish, melting, juicy.

Quality: First (first-rate).

Season November.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.


Source U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); original publication in Revue Horticole 133 (1894).

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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Beurre de Grumkon.

  1. Rev. Hort. 133. 1894.

Fruit large to very large, very irregular, obtuse-pyriform, bossed, tolerably convex; skin smooth, green, washed with light brown; flesh whitish, melting, juicy; first; Nov.

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