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Beurre Docteur Pariset

Pear

Beurre Docteur Pariset

Origin and History

Produced from a chance seedling in 1856 and cultivated by M. Pariset in Ain, France.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Size: Large, conic-obtuse-globular or nearly globular.

Skin: Water-green, sprinkled with numerous very large, brown dots.

Flesh and Flavor: Fine, buttery, melting. Juice abundant and perfumed. Somewhat like Beurre Diel, which it surpasses in quality.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921). Reference: Mas Pom. Gen. 7:177, fig. 569. 1881.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Beurre Docteur Pariset.

  1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:177, fig. 569. 1881.

Produced from a chance seedling in 1856 and cultivated by M. Pariset, Ain, Fr.

Fruit large, conic-obtuse-globular or nearly globular, water-green, sprinkled with numerous very large, brown dots; flesh fine, buttery, melting; juice abundant and perfumed; somewhat like Beurre Diel which it surpasses in quality; Nov.

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