Blutbirne
PearBlutbirne
Origin / History
Published in Germany in 1795. Regarded as a perry pear in Austria. Known as the Flesh-pear in Upper and Lower Austria.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Globular-pyriform, obtuse.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, strongly blushed on the sun-exposed side.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish-white, flushed with red, especially on the side next the sun; rather coarse; subacid; little aroma. Quality third.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Perry pear in Austria.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)Blutbirne.
- Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:193. 1856.
- Loschnig Mostbirnen 218, fig. 1913.
Published in Germany in 1795 and regarded as a perry pear in Austria. It is known as the Flesh-pear in Upper and Lower Austria and also as the Sanguinol in the former. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, obtuse, greenish-yellow, strongly blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh yellowish-white, flushed with red especially on the side next the sun, rather coarse, subacid, little aroma; third; Oct.