Beurré Scheidweiller
PearBeurré Scheidweiller
Origin/History
A seedling raised by Van Mons, who named it in honor of M. Scheidweiller, Professor of Botany at Ghent, Belgium. Cited in Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884, p. 528).
Tree
Stout and vigorous, inclining to a pyramidal form; a good bearer. (Downing.)
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Downing describes it as obovate-pyriform; Hedrick describes it as obtuse-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Downing describes the color as green or dull green, with a few traces of russet, changing very little at maturity. Hedrick describes it as bright pea-green, strewed with minute russet dots.
Flesh/Flavor: Downing describes the flesh as buttery, sweet, and pleasant, rating it Good. Hedrick describes the flesh as yellowish-white, coarse, sweet, and very juicy, calling it an agreeable pear of moderate merit. (The two sources conflict on texture: Downing's "buttery" implies a melting, smooth quality; Hedrick's "coarse" does not.)
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Downing gives September and October. Hedrick gives end of October and early November. The seasons overlap only partially — Hedrick's ripening is notably later.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Beurre Scheidweiler.
Grosse Sucre.
Tree stout and vigorous, inclining to a pyramid, good bearer.
Fruit medium, obovate pyriform. Skin green or dull green, with a few traces of russet, changing very little at maturity. Flesh buttery, sweet, and pleasant. Good. September and October.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Beurré Scheidweiller.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 528. 1884.
A seedling of Van Mons, named by him after M. Scheidweiller, Professor of Botany at Ghent, Bel.
Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, bright pea-green, strewed with minute, russet dots; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, sweet, very juicy; an agreeable pear, of moderate merit; end of Oct. and early Nov.