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Charles Cognée

Pear

Charles Cognée

Origin/History Raised at Troyes, France.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large or rather large; obtuse-pyriform.

Skin: Pinkish-yellow, lightly dotted with brown.

Flesh and Flavor: Slightly granulous; sweet, perfumed, juicy, with a very agreeable flavor.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season February and longer.

Uses Dessert quality (first class).

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Sources:

  • Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Card. 367. 1904.
  • Baltet Cult. Fr. 345, fig. 247. 1908.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Charles Cognée.

  1. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Card. 367. 1904.
  2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 345, fig. 247. 1908.

Raised at Troyes, Fr. Fruit large or rather large, obtuse-pyriform; skin pinkish-yellow, lightly dotted with brown; flesh slightly granulous, sweet, perfumed, juicy, with a very agreeable flavor; first; Feb. and longer.

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