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Brielsche Pomeranzenbirne

Pear

Brielsche Pomeranzenbirne

Origin & History

Attributed to Holland about 1812 by Dochnahl.

Fruit

Size: Small or nearly small.

Form: Globular-turbinate. Sources note slight variation in contour — Dochnahl describes sides as uneven; Mas describes even contour.

Color: Green at formation, passing at maturity to bright lemon-yellow. Washed on the side next the sun with a beautiful vermilion.

Surface: Covered with numerous minute dots of fawn, which change to yellow on the sunny side.

Flesh: Whitish, rather fine, semi-buttery, gritty, not very juicy, saccharine.

Quality: First.

Tree

Not described in source.

Season & Storage

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes & Variants

Not described in source.


Sources:

  • Dochnahl, Führer durch die Obstkunde, vol. 2, p. 22 (1856)
  • Mas, Le Verger, vol. 6, p. 47, fig. 408 (1880)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Brielsche Pomeranzenbirne.

  1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:22. 1856.

Orange de Briel. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:47, fig. 408. 1880.

Attributed to Holland about 1812 by Dochnahl.

Fruit small or nearly small, globular-turbinate, sides uneven (Dochnahl), even contour (Mas), green passing at maturity to bright lemon-yellow, washed on the side next the sun with a beautiful vermilion, covered with numerous minute dots of fawn which change to yellow on the sunny side; flesh whitish, rather fine, semi-buttery, gritty, not very juicy, saccharine; first.

U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Orange de Briel