Chat Brule
PearChat Brule
Origin / History
Duhamel du Monceau, writing in 1768, mentions two varieties bearing the name Chat Brule or Burnt Cat. The second is the Chat Brule described under that name by Leroy, ripening in November. The first is the Dutch variety Kamper Venus, ripening late in the winter. Each of these has been known also as Kamper Venus.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Globular-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Smooth, shining; pale yellow where shaded, washed with red where exposed to the sun.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh very white, rather coarse, breaking; juice rather wanting, rarely very sweet, generally without perfume. Good only for cooking.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November and December.
Uses
Good only for cooking.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Chat Brule.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:247. 1768.
- Miller Gard. Dict. 3: 1807.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:555, fig. 1867.
Duhamel du Monceau writing in 1768 mentions two varieties bearing the name Chat Brule or Burnt Cat. Of these the second is the Chat Brule described under that name by Leroy, ripening in November and the first is the Dutch variety Kamper Venus, ripening late in the winter. Each of these has been known also as Kamper Venus. Fruit medium, globular-pyriform, smooth, shining, pale yellow where shaded, and washed with red where exposed to the sun; flesh very white, rather coarse, breaking; juice rather wanting, rarely very sweet, generally without perfume; good only for cooking; Nov. and Dec.