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Cels Butterbirne

Pear

Origin/History A Van Mons seedling, 1804.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: Medium
  • Form: Long, obtuse
  • Skin: Golden-yellow, washed with reddish-brown
  • Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, flesh/flavor, core/seeds: Not described in source

Season September.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Documented by Dochnahl (Fwfer. Obstkunde 2:113, 1856).

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Described in 1 period pomological work

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Cels Butterbirne.

i. Dochnahl Fwfer. Obstkunde 2:113. 1856.

A Van Mons seedling, 1804. Fruit medium, long, obtuse, golden-yellow, washed with reddish-brown; Sept.

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