Brandes

Pear

Brandes

Origin/History

Raised by Van Mons in Louvain, Belgium. First reported in 1818.

Fruit

Size and Form: Below medium; long-ovate-obtuse.

Skin: Greenish-yellow, dotted and marbled with russet, extensively washed with russet around the stem.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, fine, excessively melting, gritty at center. Juice sufficient, sweet, musky. Quality: first.

Season

Mid-November to mid-December.

Tree

Not described in source.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin

Not described in source.

Core and Seeds

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921). Also cited in Leroy, Dict. Pom. 1:495, fig. 1867.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Brandes. i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:495, fig. 1867. Raised by Van Mons, Louvain, Bel.; first reported in 1818. Fruit below medium, long-ovate-obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted and marbled with russet and extensively washed with russet around the stem; flesh white, fine, excessively melting, gritty at center; juice sufficient, sweet, musky; first; mid-Nov. to mid-Dec.

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

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