Chaumontel Gras
PearChaumontel Gras
Origin / History
Seed of the Chaumontel was sown in 1845; fruit was obtained from it in 1859, and the seed of that fruit was in turn sown. A seedling grown from this latter seed bore fruit, which was reported about 1875.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large or very large.
Form: Obtuse-pyriform, swelled, bossed.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Bright yellow, very much covered with fine dots and gray marblings; on the sun-touched side often tinted with carmine or brick-red, more or less intense.
Dots: Fine, very numerous, with gray marblings.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white or yellowish, semi-fine, crisp, very melting, juicy, rich, sugary, perfumed.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Spring.
Uses
Not described in source.
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)Chaumontel Gras.
- Rev. Hort. 468, fig. 1888.
In 1845 seed of the Chaumontel was sown from which was obtained in 1859 fruit whose seed was in turn sown. A seedling grown from this latter seed bore fruit, which was reported about 1875 as follows: Fruit large or very large, obtuse-pyriform, swelled, bossed, bright yellow, very much covered with fine dots and gray marblings and on the sun-touched side often tinted with carmine or brick-red more or less intense; flesh white or yellowish, semi-fine, crisp, very melting, juicy, rich, sugary, perfumed; spring.