Comte de Meladore

Pear

Comte de Meladore

Origin and History

One of a collection of forty-two new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. First reported in Massachusetts Horticultural Society Report, 40 (1871).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, pyriform.

Skin: Yellow with reddened cheek.

Flesh: White, fine-grained, tolerably juicy.

Cavity, Basin, and Calyx: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Comte de Meladore. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. One of a collection of forty-two new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellow, with reddened cheek; flesh white, fine-grained, tolerably juicy.

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