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Blumenbirne

Pear

Blumenbirne

Origin/History: A seedling of Van Mons, Belgium, 1825.

Tree: Not described in source.

Fruit:

  • Size: Small
  • Form: Roundish-turbinate-obtuse
  • Skin: Lemon-yellow, washed with red on the sunny side
  • Flesh: Half-melting
  • Flavor: Good

Season: End of August.

Uses: Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:154 (1856).

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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Blumenbirne.

  1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:154. 1856.

A seedling of Van Mons, Bel., 1825. Fruit small, roundish-turbinate-obtuse, lemon-yellow, washed with red on the sunny side; flesh half-melting; good; end of Aug.

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