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Beurré Hennau

Pear

Beurré Hennau

Origin/History Probably Belgian.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: Medium
  • Form: Ovate-pyriform
  • Skin: Bright green, speckled with light brown dots
  • Flesh: Whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sweet and rather vinous
  • Stem: Not described in source
  • Cavity: Not described in source
  • Calyx: Not described in source
  • Basin: Not described in source
  • Core/Seeds: Not described in source

Season October.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Source reference: Mas Pom. Gen. 7:3, fig. 482. 1881.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Beurré Hennau.

  1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:3, fig. 482. 1881.

Probably Belgian. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; bright green, speckled with light brown dots; flesh whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sweet and rather vinous; good; Oct.

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