De Duvergnies
PearDe Duvergnies
Origin and History
Originated by Van Mons; fruited in 1821. The variety is also known as Köstliche Van Mons. Historical nomenclature confusion has attached the names Delices Van Mons and Delices de Mons to this variety, but these names are also applied to Vicomte de Spoelberg, a very different pear. The original name given by Van Mons is to be preferred.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium and often larger; obtuse; long-ovate in outline; regular and bold in contour.
Surface: Uneven; slightly constricted near the top; slightly mammillate (with nipple-like protuberances).
Skin: Thin, rough to the touch. Color lemon-yellow, dotted all over with greenish-gray; generally vermilioned (bright red) on the cheek exposed to the sun.
Flesh: Yellowish-white; fine or semi-fine texture; melting; granular around the core.
Flavor and Juice: Juice abundant. Flavor saccharine, vinous, sourish, with a peculiar and delicious aroma.
Stem and Calyx
Not described in source.
Core and Seeds
Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
First quality (dessert pear).
Storage and Season Notes
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)De Duvergnies.
- Card. Chron. 463. 1863. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:119, fig. 1869. Kostliche Van Mons. 3. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:124. 1856.
Originated by Van Mons; fruited in 1821. Downing describes this pear under the name Delices Van Mons and gives as a synonym Delices de Mons, but since these names are also synonyms of Viconte de Spoelberg, a very different variety, the name originally given by Van Mons is to be preferred.
Fruit medium and often larger, obtuse, long-ovate, regular and bold in contour; surface uneven, slightly constricted near the top, and slightly mammillate; skin thin, rough to the touch, lemon-yellow, dotted all over with greenish-gray, generally vermilioned on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting, granular around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, vinous, sourish, with a peculiar and delicious aroma; first; Oct.