Cassante du Cornice

Pear

Origin and History

Raised from seed by the Horticultural Society of Angers, France, and distributed by Leroy of that city about 1870.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; globular-oblate or Bergamot-shaped.

Skin: Dull yellow, much covered with rough, brown-russet, which leaves large patches of the ground color apparent.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, coarse-grained, crisp, very juicy, with a rich, sweet, sugary flavor.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Other

Quality: first-rate (excellent).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Cassante du Cornice,

Jour. Hort. 20:30, fig. 1871.

Raised from seed by the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr., and distributed by Leroy of that city about 1870.

Fruit medium, globular-oblate or Bergamot-shaped, dull yellow, much covered with rough, brown-russet which leaves large patches of the ground color apparent; flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, crisp, very juicy, with a rich, sweet, sugary flavor; first; Sept.

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