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Beurre Saint-Marc

Pear

Beurre Saint-Marc

Origin and History A French pear of uncertain origin. Documented in Leroy's Dictionnaire Pomologique (1867).

Tree Vigorous.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish-ovate.

Skin: Greenish-yellow, washed with rose.

Flesh and Flavor: Dense, very juicy, of exquisite flavor, sweet and acid.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity and Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season December to February.

Uses First-rate dessert pear.

Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Beurre Saint-Marc.

  1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:425, fig. 1867.

A French pear of uncertain origin. Fruit medium, roundish-ovate, greenish-yellow; washed with rose; flesh dense, very juicy, of exquisite flavor, sweet and acid; first; Dec. to Feb. Tree vigorous.

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