Calbasbirn

Pear

Calbasbirn

Origin/History

Originated in Holland in 1758. The variety was documented in Christ's Handbuch (1817) and later described in Dochnahl's Führer durch die Obstkunde (1856), where it was also known as Graue Flaschenbirne.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Large, gourd-shaped, irregular, and bossed. Skin yellow with grayish-russet, becoming golden and washed with red. Flesh yellowish-white, soft, granular, somewhat woody, musky, and sweet. Quality: good.

Season

November and December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The variety is also referenced as Graue Flaschenbirne in period literature.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

View original book sources (1)

Calbasbirn.

Christ Handb. 497. 1817.

Graue Flaschenbirne. 3. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856.

Originated in Holland in 1758. Fruit large, gourd-shaped, irregular, bossed, yellow, with grayish-russet, becoming golden and washed with red; flesh yellowish-white, soft, granular, somewhat woody, musky, sweet; good; Nov. and Dec.

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

Graue Flaschenbirne