Beurre Saint-Marc
PearBeurre 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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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Beurre Saint-Marc.
- 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.