Dame-verte
PearOrigin/History
Attributed to Van Mons about the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Fruit
Size & Form: Above medium; obtuse-conic.
Skin: Thick; yellowish-olive, sprinkled with green dots that change to bright yellow; on the sun-exposed side, occasionally touched with crimson.
Flesh: Yellowish-white; rather coarse; semi-melting; gritty at the center.
Flavor: Plenty of sweet juice; acid but rather savory.
Season
August.
Other
Quality: second.
Source:
U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:3, fig. 1869; Mas Pom. Gen. 1:139, fig. 1872.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Dame-verte.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:3, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:139, fig. 1872.
Attributed to Van Mons about the beginning of the nineteenth century. Fruit above medium, obtuse-conic, skin thick, yellowish-olive, sprinkled with green dots changing to bright yellow and on the side of the sun occasionally touched with crimson; flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, semi-melting, rather gritty at the center, with plenty of sweet juice, acid but rather savory; second; Aug.