Beurré Liebart
PearBeurré Liebart — Pear
Origin and History
Beurré Liebart was raised from seed by Van Mons before 1817 and was dedicated to an amateur pomologist.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, globular-ovate but rather variable in form.
Skin: Clear yellow, dotted uniformly and streaked with brown-russet, extensively carmined on the side next the sun.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Flesh: Whitish, coarse, hard and breaking, rather gritty at the center.
Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient, with little sugar and generally acid and without perfume. Quality rated second or third.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
End of September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Beurré Liebart.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:342, figs. 1869.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 4:107, fig. 246. 1879.
Beurré Liebart was raised from seed by Van Mons before 1817 and was dedicated to an amateur pomologist. Fruit large, globular-ovate but rather variable in form, clear yellow, dotted uniformly and streaked with brown-russet, extensively carmined on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, hard and breaking, rather gritty at the center; juice sufficient, with little sugar and generally acid and without perfume; second or third; end of Sept.