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De Cerciaux

Pear

De Cerciaux (Pear)

Origin and History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

The juice is amber-colored, perfumed, and of an agreeable flavor. Other fruit characteristics (size, form, skin, cavity, calyx, basin, stem, core, and seeds) are not described in source.

Season

October and November.

Uses

A variety good for perry and for drying.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); cited from Baltet, Culture Fruitière (1908), p. 373.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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De Cerciaux.

  1. Baltet Cult. Fr. 373. 1908.

A variety good for perry and for drying. The juice is amber-colored, perfumed and of an agreeable flavor; Oct. and Nov.

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