Bon-Chretien de Vernois
Pear
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Bon-Chretien de Vernois
Origin / History
Obtained by M. Henrard, nurseryman at Liege, Fr., about 1840. Described in Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie 1:469, fig. 1867.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Varying between ovate and turbinate-obtuse, bossed.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, touched with olive-russet.
Dots: Bright brown specks.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish, semi-fine, semi-melting, rather gritty at center; juice abundant, sweet, astringent and slightly aromatic. Quality second.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / 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)Bon-Chretien de Vernois. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:469, fig. 1867.
Obtained by M. Henrard, nurseryman at Liege, Fr., about 1840. Fruit large, varying in form between ovate and turbinate-obtuse, bossed, greenish-yellow, touched with olive-russet and dotted with bright brown specks; flesh whitish, semi-fine, semi-melting, rather gritty at center; juice abundant, sweet, astringent and slightly aromatic; second; Nov. to Jan.