Constant Claes
PearConstant Claes
Origin and History A Belgian variety distributed in 1863 by de Jonghe.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or rather large; conic-pyriform.
Skin: Thin and slender; pale green, washed on ripening with light orange-red.
Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, melting. Juice abundant, sweet, vinous, and pleasantly scented.
Season September.
Uses Dessert pear; first-rate quality.
Tree Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), with references to Guide Pratique des Amateurs de Poires (1876) and Le Verger / Pomologie Générale (1881).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Constant Claes.
- Guide Prat. 108, 260. 1876.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 7:91, fig. 526. 1881.
A Belgian variety distributed in 1863 by de Jonghe. Fruit medium or rather large, conic-pyriform; skin thin and slender, pale green, washed on ripening with light orange-red; flesh white, fine, melting; juice abundant, sweet, vinous and pleasantly scented; first; Sept.