Comtesse de Grailly
PearComtesse de Grailly
Origin and History
Introduced by Eugène des Nouhes near Pouzanges, Vendée, France in 1867. First described in Massonneuve's Pomologie Générale (1872).
Fruit Description
Form and Size: Medium, globular-conic; flattened at both poles.
Color: Very bright green, changing to beautiful lemon-yellow on ripening. The side exposed to the sun becomes golden. Surface sprinkled with numerous fawn dots.
Flesh: White, fine-textured, melting. Rather granular at the core.
Juice and Flavor: Abundant sweet juice with a delicate perfume.
Season
October and November.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); originally described in Mas Pom. Gen. 1:165, fig. 83 (1872).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Comtesse de Grailly. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:165, fig. 83. 1872. Introduced by Eugene des Nouhes, near Pouzanges, Vendée, Fr., in 1867. Fruit medium, globular-conic, flattened at the two poles, very bright green changing to a beautiful lemon-yellow on ripening, golden on the side of the sun, sprinkled with numerous fawn dots; flesh white, fine, melting, rather granular at the core, with abundant sweet juice and a delicate perfume; Oct. and Nov.