De Chasseur

Pear

De Chasseur

Origin/History

A seedling of Van Mons which produced fruit in 1842.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Pyriform-ovate, slightly obtuse

Skin: Rather thick and tough; pale green, sprinkled with gray-brown dots, becoming at maturity bright yellow, a good deal shaded with brown-russet

Flesh: White, slightly tinged with green, semi-fine, melting

Juice: Plentiful, sweet, pleasantly perfumed

Quality: Good

Season

September and October

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); originally cited in Mas, Pom. Gen. 3:89, fig. 141 (1878)

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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De Chasseur, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:89, fig. 141. 1878. A seedling of Van Mons which produced fruit in 1842. Fruit medium, pyriform-ovate, slightly obtuse; skin rather thick and tough, pale green, sprinkled with gray-brown dots, becoming at maturity bright yellow, a good deal shaded with brown-russet; flesh white, slightly tinged with green, semi-fine, melting; juice plentiful, sweet, pleasantly perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct.

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