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Beurre de Ranz

Pear
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Beurre de Ranz (Pear)

Origin/History: Foreign.

Tree: Straggling, pendulous habit.

Fruit:

  • Form and Size: Large, oblong obtuse pyriform
  • Skin: Dark green, bronzed in sun, with russet at crown and russet dots over surface
  • Stem: Long
  • Calyx: Open
  • Core: Small
  • Flesh: Greenish white, coarse, juicy

Season: December to April

Uses: Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.

Other: Very variable, rarely "very good."

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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Beurre de Ranz.

Beurré Rancé, | Beurre de Flanders, | Beurré Noirchain. Beurre Epine, | Hardenpont du Printemps, |

Foreign. Very variable, rarely "very good." Tree, a straggling, pendulous habit. Fruit, large, oblong obtuse pyriform, dark green, bronzed in sun, russet at crown, russet dots over surface ; stem, long ; calyx, open ; core, small ; flesh, greenish white, coarse, juicy. December to April.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)
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