Bon-Chrétien Bonnamour

Pear

Origin and History

Raised in 1895 by M. Guillot, Rhône, France, and placed on the market in 1898.

Fruit

Size: Large to very large

Form: Typical Bartlett form, rather contracted at the lower end and obliquely hollowed around the stalk

Skin: Smooth and shining, covered with fawn-russet and often tinted on the side next the sun

Flesh and Flavor: Fine, melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed; first class

Tree

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Bon-Chrétien Bonnamour.

Rev. Hort. 76. 1898. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 196, fig. 1906.

Raised in 1895 by M. Guillot, Rhône, Fr., and placed on the market in 1898. Fruit large to very large, of typical Bartlett form, rather contracted at the lower end and obliquely hollowed around the stalk, smooth, shining, and covered with fawn-russet and often tinted on the side next the sun; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed; first class.

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