Beurre Favre

Pear

Beurre Favre

Origin/History Raised by François Maisonneuve of Nantes, France; first reported in 1845.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Below medium.

Form: Long-pyriform, obtuse; often misshapen with one side always longer than the other.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow-ochre.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, semi-melting, sweet, acid, juicy.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season Beginning of October.

Quality Second, sometimes third.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Beurre Favre.

Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:360, fig. 1867.

Raised by François Maisonneuve, Nantes, Fr.; it was first reported in 1845.

Fruit below medium, long-pyriform, obtuse, often misshapen, one side always longer than the other, yellow-ochre; flesh whitish, semi-melting, sweet, acid, juicy; second, sometimes third; beginning of Oct.

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